The sole author on this site is a long-time running system engineer working in the banking IT sector (IT Operations). Passionate about Mac, NAS/SAN, virtualization, and Docker environments.
apple
With Apple's trend to migrate completely away from the Intel platform onto their M SOC architecture picking up even more momentum in 2022, we got some new products this year that are either completely new or an evolution of some of their previous hardware. Mac Studio and Studio
security
📢UPDATE: 10/10/2022 - Reports on social media are indicating an elevated brute force attack against Synology NAS users. More details in a dedicated article. : Intro Since 2004, October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and this article will cover some of the elements that an individual might implement in order
review
On the track of this year's "Back to Synology" giveaway, here is a quick overview of the prize itself, the DS220+ NAS. This particular model while small in size is an entry unit in what Synology calls the "Advanced Data Management" range. What that
nas
Table of Contents : Intro * :: Prerequisites : Local scenarios * :: Multiple role assignments * :: Test environments * :: iSCSI storage : Remote scenarios * :: Site-to-site VPN * :: Snapshot Replication (SR) * :: Hyper Backup (HB) * :: Hybrid Share (HS) * :: Disaster Recovery (DR) : Conclusion : Intro This article will cover some possible scenarios in which we can use multiple NAS devices (focusing on Synology
giveaway
💡UPDATE: 30/09/2022 - With 63 total entries in this giveaway we now have our random winner! Congratulation to Nabil! The random winning comment is as follows: Fingers crossed 🤞 this unit can be a huge relief for my backup and disaster recovery solution or the ability to have 2
dsm71
📢UPDATE: 20/02/2023 - on the topic of the potential elimination of TRIM support in the latest UP4 I would like to just confirm that this is not the case. TRIM is still supported for all compatible SSD drives including both Synology and other 3rd party brands (WD, Samsung,
docker
For anyone not familiar with Markdown it is a markup language for creating formatted text. It's been around for close to 20 years now and it's very popular in various situations. For example on blog platforms (like this one, Ghost), IM, forums, documentation software (like Bookstack)
vmm
Table of Contents : Intro : VMM Installation & configuration * :: Prerequisites * :: Licensing : VM creation and configuration * :: vDSM * :: Linux VM * :: Windows VM : Tests & performance * :: HDD vs SSD? What about the NVMe cache? * :: VMM or external platform as a hypervisor : VM & VMM backups : Conclusion : Intro Even if you are an experienced user
drive
📢UPDATE: 26/10/2022 - Drive 3.2 beta has been completed. All the features are now accessible as part of the final release version. 🗒️UPDATE: 26/08/2022 - Install on macOS 12.5.1 was successful, but Drive was unable to start and configure. The install process went
docker
:Intro Back in April, I did an article on self-hosted start page alternatives. In that article, I did mention more than a few solutions but only wrote about a few of them, as well as showed how to run them in a Docker container. While star pages are not the
blackvoid
🎁During the month of November, there will be a 50% Black Friday discount on a yearly subscription. Follow this link! 🎁EARLY BIRD 30% discount offer for a yearly subscription! Be sure to use the following link to get it! 📢UPDATE: 17/08/2022 - Since today, the Ghost docker image
C2
With the rollout of DSM 7 last year, Synology has been very active with its C2 cloud platform and services. At the moment there is a total of seven (7) C2 services ranging from backup to password management, all the way to surveillance and object storage. While some of these