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 their Synology products. I will be adding more over time, and you are welcome to contribute in the comment section below. 1# RAID is not a backup! Most
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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
Today is January 28th, 2021 and it is Data Privacy Day (or Data Protection Day)! It was first initiated in 2007 as the European Data Protection Day, which was later on known as Data Privacy Day. In any case, it is an international event that occurs every year on January
Nowadays this might not be a question many people would ask themselves, but with the increased problems with privacy, security, cheaper hardware, more open source, and free software, it would be worth at least looking at the possibility of hosting your services on your hardware. Now don't get
nas
📢UPDATE: 06/08/2022 - New 18TB HAT5310 HDD added to the list. Also, the new specs of the whole series have been added. 📢UPDATE: 8/4/2022 - New 4TB HAT5300 HDD is coming soon (May 11th, 2022) to fill in the existing lineup. 📢UPDATE: 27/08/2021 -
dsm7
When you say Active Directory in 99% of the time, one name comes to mind, Microsoft. I'm sure that people reading this article are here for a reason, and are aware of the mentioned name, and what it means. In case you are not here is the TL;
dsm7
UPDATE: 19/3/2021 - Today Synology announced they will retire their Cloud Station suite on DSM (not SRM) as of April 30th, 2021 A few months back Synology had announced 3rd party DEV materials that are needed for 3rd party support of various apps. Today I would like to