bsm Synology BSM or DSM? This year was quiet for Synology in terms of new and refreshed devices, routers, and NAS alike. There are several reasons for this. First, 2024 is not the year for
101 Which Synology NAS model is right for you? This is probably one main burning question for anyone looking to jump down the NAS rabbit hole. With the changes happening on the commercial cloud side of things and streaming
vmware VMware & Synology (part 2) - use Active Backup for Business to backup and restore ESXi VMs In part 1 of this short series, we talked about using VMWare ESXi version 8 with Synology DSM to utilize its NFS and iSCSI features. That way we were able
vmware VMware & Synology (part 1) - manage NFS & iSCSI storage on ESXi host While Synology is not always associated with a hypervisor platform, even though it provides one, it can still be used with several world-known solutions. This short two-part series will show
srm Synology SRM Safe Access & Firewall - how to block torrent content using Synology router? Table of Contents : Intro : Synology router lineup : How to block specific sites and torrent traffic? * :: Safe Access - overview and profile creation * :: Safe Access - web filter * :: Firewall * :: Firewall rules
nas What can you do with multiple NAS devices? Table of Contents : Intro * :: Prerequisites : Local scenarios * :: Multiple role assignments * :: Test environments * :: iSCSI storage : Remote scenarios * :: Site-to-site VPN * :: Snapshot Replication (SR) * :: Hyper Backup (HB) * :: Hybrid Share (HS) * :: Disaster Recovery (DR)
101 What are Synology's top 10 apps? 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
101 Synology 101 - Hyper Backup to a remote Synology NAS 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
101 Synology 101 - Set up Apple Time Machine backup 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
101 Synology 101 - Part 5: Security & access 💡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
101 Synology 101 - Part 4: Services 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
101 Synology 101 - Part 3: Shared Folders 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
101 Synology 101 - Part 2: User Accounts So far we have unboxed, connected, installed, and partially configured our new NAS. Wow, not bad so far. As I mentioned in my intro post, there are still steps that
101 Synology 101 - Part 1: DSM installation & RAID array type This is the 1st of a total of 5 posts in the "Synology 101" thread. The intro thread covers what this series of posts will be by topics
101 Synology 101 - Intro: Setup your NAS for the 1st time In the next few posts, I will cover the basics that most new users usually look for. How to set up your NAS, install apps (and what apps are needed)
