How to set up a single HDD on its own as a separate volume?
You can create a storage pool separately, or through a volume creation wizard.
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This video would be perfect if it were half as long.
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Can I network a printer off of one of these? Seems so much easier than networking a printer normally.
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This is my problem. My router is in the basement and would be needing a very long cable to have my NAS upstairs in my bedroom. Any suggestions?
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Do you have an installation how to video for Synology Disk Station DS420J ?
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Hi, just found your vidoes and I think they are very useful. I have a question, in this video you connect the NAS to your router, but can you also connect the NAS directly to a computer via a crossover network cable?
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I’ve just bought a 412plus, and it’s not coming with any instruction, so thank you for this video. You are an absolute Godsend. I’ll be following your instruction to the letter.
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Great video. Much appreciated.
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please add a description regarding link aggregation on a unmanaged switch (switch does not have an option for link aggregation)
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Is it possible to only mirror a portion of the two disks and then use the remainder as regular storage? I only need 20% mirrored for important files and want to use the rest for media files that I don’t care to lose.
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Thanks for this fantastic video. Very straightforward and to the point!
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Just boughs a 1621+ with 4x10Tb drives. I want the majority to be used for media, but I need 1tb for web hosting, 2TB for my backup from my laptops and 2TB for encrypted cloud storage. Can all this go on one volume or do I need to fence off? I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed.
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Take a shot everytime he says “but for now”
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An amazingly detailed video! I suppose there is no need to even ponder about which NAS to buy now. Thanks so much! Cheers!
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I would love to have multiple storage pools, so I could have a couple of TB of media that I don’t care about losing, and the rest in an SHR for stuff that I do care about. Can it do that?
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Is there a possibility to create a folder that can only be reached via your local network and not via the internet? For example map1 that I can access anywhere via my mobile or pc ad my moms home. but I can only access Map2 when I am on my wifi or cabeld network at home. So that if my account were hacked, people wouldn’t be able to access this data from map2 from outside?
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Three weeks ago I set up a DS420+ running DSM 7.0. I have the two Ethernet ports bonded using LACP. If I go to Control Panel/Network/Network Interface and look at the Bond1 interface it tells me that the MTU is 1500, both for the bond and for the individual interfaces. I cannot find anywhere to change this, the edit button just lets me choose different protocols for bonding the ports. I would like to be able to use Jumbo Frames; is this not possible?
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Thank you Mate
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Thanks this was a great video and help for me to setup my NAS!!!!!!!!
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Can I use my two 8TB SATA drives in it? Means, is there any HDD size limit?
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Thanks a million for this clear explanation! Very straightforward but exactly the things you need to understand right after unboxing. Excellent!
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Very helpful video! Thanks!!
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Thank you for the video. This was very helpful in setting up my NAS. I followed your steps. Does that mean that when I copy items to the mapped drive they’ll be backed up on the second drive automatically?
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Hi, thank you so much for this video guide, it is extremely thorough! It’s my first time setting up a NAS system and I would not have been able to do it if not for this video (considering the manual from synology wasn’t very helpful). Having said that, when I tried to click on “map drive” in the synology assistant, for some odd reason the buton/option is greyed out and I can’t create the drive on my local pc. I tried running the software as admin and still the same, do you know what may have caused this? Thanks
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13:50 – SHR will take half the RAW drive space???
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Anyone else breath a sigh of relief at 13:50 when the camera finally achieves focus on the screen and you can see what he’s doing?
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