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.
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⚠️WARNING: 10/08/2022 - New version of DSM is out, 7.1.1-42951. At the moment this is a release candidate, so be sure not to rush into installing it onto your main production units! 🚀10/08/2022 - Updated some devices to the latest version with no problems
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This article is mainly for the new users that are coming into the Synology NAS eco-system. While most brands have a decent number of apps that can run on their devices, Synology is known to cannibalize some of its apps and services and roll out new ones over time. Because
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Many Synology customers are in fact home users, small businesses, enthusiasts, and such. While for the most part, Synology devices have a 2y warranty (that can be extended to 4 or 5y, depending on your model using the new Extended Warranty Plus service), there are those from the business to
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💡This article is the second one out of the two Wireguard ones. This article is about running your Wireguard VPN server on your Synology NAS! For information on how to build an SPK package in order to give your NAS Wireguard support, use the article titled Wireguard SPK for your
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💡This article is the first out of the two Wireguard ones. This article is about building your SPK package for your Synology NAS using Docker in order to enable Wireguard support! For information on how to run your Wireguard server on your NAS use the second article, Wireguard VPN for
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For a while, I have been looking for a task/ticket management solution that I could self-host on my own. Using Docker you can run a huge number of apps and services on your hardware, and for the past 5 years now that is all I have been doing. No
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🗒️NOTE: This article will contain upcoming new information on some popular devices (and the rest of the hardware) that Synology will release by the end of the year and well into 2023. 💡UPDATE: 15/03/2023 - Just two months after the DS223 was reviled, we have gotten a 4-bay
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Table of Contents : Intro : Packaging : SSDs : E10G22-T1-mini card : DSM setup and apps installation : Speed tests : Virtualization and containerization : Plex : Conclusion :Intro Even though it was already known that this model was coming as a worthy successor to the awesome DS1520+, the new DS1522+ is here with a few surprises of
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Since the release of DSM 7, Synology has been pushing its C2 platform more and more with many new services both free and paid. I have written about it in the past, and as one of the early C2 users, I can't really say anything bad about it.
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In 2008, I began my Synology journey. My transition from Windows bases devices to macOS was asking for a more reliable backup system as well as the fact that local media streaming was also on the rise, was reasons enough to start looking into local storage solutions beyond a classic
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Nowadays, security is a top priority for almost everyone, especially businesses. Running your own services, or storing data but still being able to get to it all while away from your network is a common question. How to get to my data safely over the Internet? There are ways that
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🎁ANNOUNCEMENT: 1.7.2022 - We have our winner for this giveaway! Congrats to Danijel Horvat! I hope that this NAS will come in handy for what it can offer! Thanks to all the participants, and be sure to follow the site in the future for more giveaways! Have a