Synology DS220j Black Friday Deals The Synology DS220j NAS is not the most powerful NAS drive, or the most fully-featured NAS drive – but the point is that it is not trying to be! Synology has held an exceptionally good reputation in the world of network-attached storage for a decade and if a new NAS buyer wanted […]
Synology DS720+ Black Friday Deals The Synology NAS brand is one that we have long associated with software as the KEY selling point. However, users these days know alot more about this kind of technology than ever before and Synology has clearly responded some ways better than others. The inclusion of NVMe SSD caching […]
Sharing backed up Synology Photos from 3rd party apps like Whatsapp, Instagram, etc I recently bought a DS920+ and backed up all photos/videos from my phone with Synology Photos Android app and deleted the same photos from my phone. All the photos/videos are available in my Synology ds920+ HDD and I can share from the […]
How to enable two-way SYNC between local and remote Synology NAS with Encrypted Connection? If I am going to this extent to protect my data then I also wonder if I could kill 2 birds with one stone. I have an office at my alternative property back in Sydney that I also use as an […]
Synology UK finally release DS3622xs+ and DS2422+ Here is how they compare Comparison results Hardware Specifications CPU CPU Model AMD Ryzen V1500B Intel Xeon D-1531 CPU Quantity 1 1 CPU Architecture 64-bit 64-bit CPU Frequency 4-core 2.2 GHz 6-core 2.2 (base) / 2.7 (turbo) GHz Hardware Encryption Engine (AES-NI) Memory System Memory 4 GB […]
Synology DS220j vs DS220+ I saw your video on YouTube – Synology DS220+ vs DS220j NAS Comparison I want to know which Photo/Videos related functions I will miss in DS220j. 1) Can I stream movies from DS220j on my TV/monitor? 2) Will there be any limitations while using SynologyPhotos on DS220j? 3) Does DS220j supports […]
How to Upgrade the RAM in your Synology DS920+ to 20GB Memory Back in May 2020, when the Synology DS920+ was first revealed, many users were surprised at the maximum memory limit that the manufacturers stated ion the specifications – 8GB of DDR4 to be precise (as well as only 1 memory stick being accessible […]
Is the Synology DS920+ NAS Still Worth Buying in 2021? First released back in Summer 2020, the Synology DS920+ was the latest generation release for their prosumer 4-Bay NAS series (following the DS918+ and DS916+ before) and quickly gained considerable acclaim. Although not an enormous deviation from its predecessor, it arrived with greater support of […]
Is the Synology DS920+ NAS Still Worth Buying in 2021? First released back in Summer 2020, the Synology DS920+ was the latest generation release for their prosumer 4-Bay NAS series (following the DS918+ and DS916+ before) and quickly gained considerable acclaim. Although not an enormous deviation from its predecessor, it arrived with greater support of […]
Synology DS920+ NAS – Five Reasons Why You Should/Shouldn’t Buy It Of all the Synology NAS Drives that the company has ever produced, the 4-Bay series of expandable solutions in their ever-evolving diskstation range is generally considered to be their most popular item. Kinda their Reebok Classic, their Peanut M&M, it is a staple part […]
Assistance with Plex on NAS Hello! First off, I cannot thank you enough for all the info and resources you have created. Because of you, I have bought my first NAS, and was able mostly to set up my Plex server. I am running into an issue that I have researched but I’m not understanding […]
Install Zappiti on Synology DSM7 via docker You will need Celeron based models such as ds220+/ DS218+ etc to run a docker. Step 1 – Shutdown and Uninstall Zappiti Server Open the Package Center. ● Go to Installed section. ● Select the package Zappiti Server. ● Click on Action. ● Select Uninstall. Step 2 – […]
Home Assistant Virtual Machine in Synology Thanks for your response. Very much appreciated and all the advice to date has been fantastic and really helped me on my NAS journey! By way of an update. My DS1621xs+ with 3x4Tb SSDs and 10Gb SFP+ is awesome, lightning fast:) I upgraded to the DSM v7 as it […]
Shoehorn into fixed directory “you will need your albums to reside in pre-designated areas of your NAS storage (you cannot tell the app to ‘index from X location’ easily)” This is the reason I don’t use Photos. And this is what I was hoping would change in DSM 7. In fact this was the app […]
Migrate Apple ICloud Photos to a Synology & Qnap NAS I really need some help here. we’re going to have to get creative. how can i save my apple photos library to my qnap? in addition … what is the easiest way to get photos/videos to immediately download to the qnap? The easiest way […]
Upgrade Synology loud fans to a silent rackmount I purchased a RS1221RP+ and could not live with the noisy fans (2 large in case 2 inside PSUs). It was so bad I considered selling however i fitted a pair (1 in each psu) of Wakefield fans from digikey (USA), they took 3 days to arrive […]
I can not find SHR option, why some models have it and others do not? Yes, Synology XS and rackmount models do not have an option to choose SHR as a RAID. Synology do not want to mix different size drive on these powerful NAS because you would not get maximum performance as you would […]