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.
C2
📢UPDATE: 12/4/2022 - Following on the Synology 2022 Workshop that was held last week, I have got some info on the explanation regarding how the Edge server feature works. More details below in the Edge servers section. The final addition to the new lineup of C2 services is C2
SA3400
📢DISCLAIMER: In the interest of full disclosure, SA3400 along with all the HDDs (HAS5300 and Exos 7E8) is on loan from Synology GmbH, however, all of the opinions you are about to read are my own, nobody has reviewed or approved this content before it was posted. In this article
docker
DISCLAIMER: In the interest of full disclosure, this app has been bought with my own funds, all of the opinions you are about to read are my own, nobody is paying for this review, and nobody has reviewed or approved this content before it was posted. ShellNGN v5 - refreshed web-
nas
📢UPDATE: 08/08/2022 - The NEW FS3410 all-flash NAS will be officially out on August 24th 2022. Datasheet and overall description added below. 📢UPDATE: 29/06/2022 - The NEW DS1522+ is officially out! A dedicated review will soon be posted covering the device and a new 10G mini card
dsm7
📢UPDATE 13.01.2022: New 7.0.1-42218-UP2 is out following the fact that UP1 was pulled on the 12th. 📢UPDATE 12.01.2022: As expected, Synology pulled the latest UP1 for 42218. This is now becoming a regular thing, so if you patched day 1, you will
docker
Over time, I tend to write about Grafana Labs products, and today I would like to just point out one plugin that I found out while researching how to implement a specific solution. The idea behind this article was simple. How to get a Docker repository statistics into Grafana. What
dsm7
It occurred to me the other day, that since I started with articles on this site, I have not mentioned vDSM not once, especially in a single dedicated article. So what is vDSM? vDSM stands for Virtual DSM (Disk Station Manager). It is a feature that allows you to have
synology
Before I get into this I just want to make one thing clear. This site, .club is not going anywhere. I will still continue to contribute to it regarding news, tutorials, Docker as well as some new materials. It will remain as it is today, free for everyone, with no
nas
Beginning in 2021, Synology rolled out their HDD HAT5300 series of drives, and following that they have changed their HDD compatibility policy. Now I did write about those drives and those policy changes a bit back in January and March of 2021, but I wanted to reflect on this a
C2
📢UPDATE: 13/06/2022 - macOS support for C2 Backup has arrived! A practical example is presented below. 📢UPDATE: 16/03/2022 - Added a YT video covering C2 Backup process. Black Void was a co-host on this particular webinar 📢UPDATE: 02/03/2022 - Added information about the new licensing model
docker
📢UPDATE 23/12/2021 - BookStack v21.12 is out with new features including Outbound webhooks. Details on the bottom. 📢UPDATE: Added docker-compose for running BookStack via an external database as a separate container Another long overdue post. A while back I have been looking for a self-hosted wiki
docker
Considering that most of the time I run things in Docker and advocate for it, it is only fair that I mention (in case you missed it), that the Docker team has decided to make some changes in their business model. Docker goes PRO Docker always had a paid tier