How to Back Up and Restore Your Synology NAS Configuration & settings Configuration Backup Go to Control Panel > Update & Restore to immediately back up system configurations to a local computer. This allows you to save various settings (e.g. users, groups, file service settings, etc.) and restore the settings at a later date. System configurations are saved as […]
Which Synology NAS Should I Buy? Before you buy you need to decide what drive failure protection you need and what functionality you want it to have. You have options starting with no drive redundancy which includes 1 bay NAS models or NAS with several bays merging together all available disk space. Or you can […]
The Brand New Drobo 5D3 5-Bay RAID Thunderbolt 3 Enclosure for Mac DRDR6A21 and DRDR6A31 Designed for media professionals, content creators, and small businesses running Apple Final Cut Pro, Adobe Lightroom, and other I/O intensive applications, or even those who just need to back up terabytes of data, the 5D3 5-Bay Thunderbolt 3 Enclosure from Drobo is equipped with five […]
Drivestor vs Synology DS220 vs DS220J Which NAS? Looking at picking up a NAS for the first time. I plan on using mainly for backup. I don’t use Plex right now, but if I could see using it for some movies. We have 4 computers total each has 1 TB drives in each with some […]
FS2500 Synology 1U rack 12-bay 2.5″ SATA SSD CPU CPU Model AMD Ryzen V1780B CPU Quantity 1 CPU Architecture 64-bit CPU Frequency 4-core 3.35 (base) / 3.6 (turbo) GHz Hardware Encryption Engine (AES-NI) Memory System Memory 8 GB DDR4 ECC UDIMM Memory Module Pre-installed 8 GB (8 GB x 1) Total Memory Slots 2 […]
Information on Synology DSM 7.1 Revealed During the Synology 2022 Event An interesting part of Synology’ recent keynote speech, during the brand’s ‘2022 and Beyond’ event that did not get anywhere near the attention it deserved, was the details that were shared on DSM 7.1 and numerous individual applications and services that will see improvements […]
New RT6600ax Wifi6 mesh router from Synology What we know so far: Comes with 6 antennas for a better multi coverage WiFi6 technology, that can serve multiple devices simultaneously unlike WiFi5 Two WAN ports (one can switch between LAN and WAN) 4x 2.5 GBE ports (or maybe 1×2.5GbE + 3x1GbE – something to clarify) […]
WD vs Synology vs Qnap I need help in deciding which HD to get. After reading your article https://nascompares.com/wd-my-cloud-nas-versus-synology-qnap-nas it’s a little clearer, but not really… I need to be able to access my photos and files from both home and the store. I need to have a backup of everything, and I need it […]
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 […]