Massive storage capacity with 4K Ultra HD capability Synology DS418play is designed to be your ideal, centralized multimedia hub with over 40TB of raw storage capacity, allowing you to transcode up to 2 channels of H.265/H.264 4K videos at the same time. With a powerful built-in AES-NI hardware encryption engine, DS418play also provides excellent encrypted file transmission. 4K Multimedia Server Access & stream your 4K media content anytime & anywhere. DS418play supports 4K H.264/H.265 online transcoding via Video Station & DS video, allowing 4K videos to be converted & played on the fly on other computers, smartphones, & media players that originally do not support Ultra HD formats. Next-generation file system for better data protection The Btrfs file system introduces advanced storage technologies & optimized snapshots to prevent data corruption & reduce maintenance overhead. While ensuring high-level data integrity, it also offers flexible, efficient data protection & recovery tools. Synology Hybrid RAID (SHR) technology Storage management is easy with Synology Hybrid RAID (SHR) technology. SHR is an automated RAID management system allowing you to easily create & expand storage volumes & migrate RAID types without requiring details on RAID. SHR provides 1 to 2-disk redundancy to safeguard your data during drive failures. Easy file access with Quick Connect Access files on your Synology NAS over the Internet without the hassle of setting up port forwarding rules, DDNS, or other complicated network settings. Quick Connect means that you can connect via a simple customizable address (e.g. custom ID.quickconnect.to), so that you can instantly access media & work files on any Windows/ Mac/ Linux computer, laptop, or mobile device without additional charge.