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synology
Well, we all saw this coming right? No? You must be new to the world of NAS and Synology. Don't worry this is normal. On March 19th, 2021., Synology made an official announcement that they will discontinue their Cloud Station suite set of tools in favor of their
bitwarden
UPDATE: 28/06/2021 - version 1.22.0 of VaultWarden is out with new Send features (listed below) Added sendsallowed option to disable the Send functionality. Added support for hiding the sender's email address. Added Send options policy. Send download links to use a token system to
workshops
Just as last year, Synology will be giving four workshop web sessions to present their new software and hardware features coming this year. Starting on April 7th, all the way to April 21st, these sessions are identical in content covering the following: Webcast Agenda 10:00 AM PDT Parts I
plex
📢UPDATE: 08/07/2021 - With DSM 7 out now be certain to follow the process of getting Plex to run on DSM 7. Make sure to read the following article and procedure BEFORE you attempt to install DSM7. Synology - DSM 7 Release - Plex Installation IssuesThis is the
srm
📢UPDATE: 11/05/2022 - The new RT6600ax router has arrived and with it new 1.3 version. Check out more SRM features in the following review of the router itself. This week we got some interesting information from the official Synology community forum. Not in the form of an
giveaway
UPDATE: 31/03/2021 - The giveaway winner has been randomly selected, congratulations to "PlataOPlomo" for winning this years prize! UPDATE: 26/3/2021 - Giveaway is now closed. Thank you all for visiting and participating in this 1st giveaway. The winner will be announced on the 31st
quicktips
This will be an article on all the quick tips that I think users need to remember when it comes to using your Synology products. I will be adding more over time, and you are welcome to contribute in the comment section below. 1# RAID is not backup! Most (first-time
dsm
UPDATE 09/04/21 - added info on the matter of having BTRFS problems on some x20 and x18 model DO NOT update to 6.2.4 version if you have any of these models running BTRFS: DS420j DS220j DS418j DS218play DS118 Synology has confirmed a problem with DSM 6.
nas
Synology is on the go by the looks of it. Not just are they working on the latest DSM 7 OS version that should come out this spring/summer, but also are pushing their hardware elements further. Last year we go new NVMe and SATA SSDs marking the beginning of
101
💡UPDATE: Added Secure SignIn reference under "Hardening your user account" heading. Here we are at the end of this 101 series. To wrap this up, this article will focus on security and secure access in general. You will see what would be best to do in specific cases
101
So far we have installed DSM (Synology OS) on the NAS, configured user(s) and groups, as well as made some folders where we can place some content. Now the time has come to install some apps and services to make the best use of your NAS. Back in the
101
The most important part for most NAS users is the use of shared folders. As the name suggests shared folder will allow you to organize your data in meaningful categories that you will be able to tweak with encryption, give or deny users permissions, quotas, and more. Most functions on