New NAS - My Synology 216play has died

LupoLover

LupoLover

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So my synology has finally died, it was a 216play and probably 7 years old.

I need a new one, at least dual bay and can set up the drive on "my computer" to easily allow me to drag and drop files.
It would be nice to have a HDMI and ability to stream 4k.
I would like cheaper if possible as not amused my 216play has stopped working and Im sure if a cheap one does fail in 7 years then tech will have improved anyway.

Any brands that fit my needs?
If asking for 4k the thing that really bumps the price?
I tend to ripped DVDs onto it so nice to have 4k ability

Cheers
 
What's wrong with it exactly? If it's the unit that's dead, you should be able to pop the disks into a new Synology unit and all your settings and data will still be there.
 
It powers up but wont reset or connect to anything. Even direct LAN to PC. Green lights flashing away. Disk 1 and 2 lights solid green. Status and LAN flashing green.
Tried new drive that are blank in it. Synology assistant cant fine it
 
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He says Synology Assistant can’t find it. I would assume that the unit is dead but the drives are OK. A replacement Synology would be the simplest upgrade path for you.

I am surprised though. I’ve never had a synology die. Even the RS815+ that I’ve got with the known Intel Atom bug are still chugging along. Heck, I’ve got an old DS112 that’s still going strong.
 
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Wow Thank you Chris for persevering. Its been dead for a few weeks and I messed around for a few hours and had given up. New weekend and so if I plug into PC directly on LAN it finds it. Put in switch and it doesnt. Switch is fine as everything else on switch fine and moved the leads around (unmanaged switch).
It does seem to have a new IP when plugging directly into PC.
If I put LAN into switch synology assistant cant find it tho, whats next step?
 
LupoLover said:
Wow Thank you Chris for persevering. Its been dead for a few weeks and I messed around for a few hours and had given up. New weekend and so if I plug into PC directly on LAN it finds it. Put in switch and it doesnt. Switch is fine as everything else on switch fine and moved the leads around (unmanaged switch).
It does seem to have a new IP when plugging directly into PC.
If I put LAN into switch synology assistant cant find it tho, whats next step?
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Have you replaced the cables from the NAS to the switch, or tried another switch, or try your PC, the NAS into your router with nothing else attached.

If the Synology is dead then it would alarm or give more of a hint than all lights green so I suspect the issue lies elsewhere.
 
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