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.
dsm7
UPDATE: 31/08/2021 - VDSM (Virtual DSM) 6.2.4 to 7.0.1 update completed with no problems. UPDATE: 31/08/2021 (9AM CEST) - Running bare-metal update to 7.0.1 on a RS3614RPxs model right now from the current 7.0-41222 (beta2) version UPDATE: 31/08/
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This will be a quick (DSM 7) tutorial to show how you can use two remote NAS devices and perform a Hyper Backup over the Internet while maintaining the security of your data both in transit and at the final destination. Example scenario - "Backing up to a friend'
dsm
UPDATE: 01/09/2021 - a new version of this Update 2 patch has been pushed today. Here is the delta update (rest is the same as the original update) (2021-09-01) Important Note 1. DSM 6.2.4-25556-2 is updated on September 1 to fixes the issues
giveaway
UPDATE: 01/09/2021 - burghy has accepted the prize, so this giveaway is officially over! Thank you again all for participating! UPDATE: 01/09/2021 - The lucky (random) winner has been selected! Congrats to 'burghy' for winning this PlexPass giveaway! An email has been send and you will
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In this article, I would like to talk a bit about backup, your desktop backup that is. Specifically, macOS. Now, if you are a Mac user you must have heard about Time Machine right? TM is a built-in macOS backup app that allows you to run backups of your
synology
📢UPDATE: 10/10/2022 - Reports on social media are indicating an elevated brute force attack against Synology NAS users. Be sure to read the "What should I do?" section below for some quick pointers on how to harden your box. At the moment an attack is not officially
dsm7
If you have been using Synology for a while, you will know that iSCSI support has been in there since forever. In the new DSM 7, this particular set of features are being removed from the DSM 6 Storage Manager, and now have a dedicated package called SAN Manager. Before
C2
📢UPDATE: 15/08/2022 - With the latest mobile update (v 1.2.2), you can now sign up for C2 Password right from the app. 📢UPDATE: 10.07.2022 - C2 Password iOS mobile app now offers in-app plan upgrades. Details on the benefits of a paid plan later in
docker
⚠️WARNING: while this tutorial is functional, it will work with the image version 3.12.2. DO NOT use the latest image tag as it causes problems. The issue is still ongoing on Github. In the past, I did an article on running qBittorrent client via a VPN (OpenVPN protocol)
nas
At the beginning of the year, Synology has announced their HDD lineup of branded drives, and last year's NVMe and SSD models as well. Well today, we are getting more drives! This time around we are getting three SAS-type drives from their HAS5300 series. Coming in capacities
plex
📢UPDATE: New Plex Version 1.24.5.5173 brings some changes regarding installer and screens regarding this: (Synology) Improve install wizard messaging and 'Plex' share detection (Synology) Remove log file redirection option from installer 📢UPDATE: Added info on what to do in case you get into trouble with
docker
Back in September 2020, I wrote a short article on how to get Portainer up and running as well as connecting it with multiple Docker hosts using the Portainer agent. With that article, you have all you need to get up and running. In this article, I would like to