A Guide to Installing Plex Media Server on your Synology NAS with the DSM 7 If you have been looking at buying a NAS drive for Plex to use as your own private Netflix, then there is a very good chance that you have heard the name ‘Synology’. They are the brand that produces some […]
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How to Install Plex on a Synology NAS with DSM 7
A Guide to Installing Plex Media Server on your Synology NAS with the DSM 7 If you have been looking at buying a NAS drive for Plex to use as your own private Netflix, then there is a very good chance that you have heard the name ‘Synology’. They are the brand that produces some […]
Synology 2022 Event Review – EVERYTHING Covered in SRM 1.3, Routers, Mac Support, DSM 7.1, New NAS, C2, Photos and Surveillance
Review of the Synology 2022 Event – Everything Synology Revealed It’s that time again, almost as regular as clockwork, with the return of the annual Synology event. Synology has been extraordinarily business and enterprise-focused throughout this year, with numerous significant updates in services on their C2 cloud platform, Cloud assisted services and (of course) the […]
Surveillance Station 9.0 for Synology NAS is Now Available in Beta
Synology Launch the Surveillance Station 9.0 Beta for Public Testing Good news for any Synology users who have been waiting for an update to the popular enterprise-level NVR platform, Surveillance Station, with the release of the Beta for Version 9.0. With many of its new features revealed in the Synology 2022 event last year, many […]
Wake up Synology & Qnap NAS remotely over internet WOL

How to turn on Synology NAS via internet You will need Synology MR2200ac or RT2600ac router to be able to wake up devices over the internet WOI. Enabling or Disabling Wake-on-LAN (WOL) – Synology DSM 6 Go to Control Panel > Hardware & Power> General Tab. Select Enable or Disable. Click Apply. Enabling or Disabling Wake-on-LAN (WOL) – Synology […]
Synology DS920+ NAS – Still Worth it in 2022?
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 DS3622xs+ NAS Review – Kind of a Big Deal
Synology DS3622xs+ NAS Review – Game Changer? Reviewing the new Synology DS3621xs+ NAS is something that is going to be a little tough, given the huge range of buyers who see this particular server as the ‘ultimate private desktop NAS server’. If you have been looking at moving your mid-to-high sized company data operations away […]
Synology 2022 Launch Event Confirmed – December 2nd 2021
Synology 2022 & Beyond – Video Streamed Event on Thursday 2nd December Good news for anyone who has been wondering about what to expect from Synology in 2022, with the announcement of the global event ‘Synology 2022 and Beyond’, arriving next week. Synology has been hosting live events physically in numerous locations globally for almost […]
Synology RT6600ax WiFi 6 & 2.5GbE Router Revealed
Synology FINALLY Reveal a new WiFi 6 Router – The RT6600ax with 802.11ax and 2.5GbE Yes, you read that correctly. After what seems like forever, the Synology router series is finally receiving its first WiFi 6 enabled solution in the RT6600ax Mesh router system. This, along with the announcement of bigger updates to the Synology […]
Synology DSM 7.1 – Features & Services Revealed
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 […]
Synology DVA1622 AI Powered NVR 2-Bay for Business & Prosumers
New Synology DVA1622 2-Bay NVR NAS Revealed Synology revealed quite a few interesting hardware and software plans in their recent 2022 and Beyond event, with quite an impressive amount of focus being given to their planned updates for the Surveillance station and a new piece of AI-powered NVR hardware, the DVA1622. This is by no […]
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Quite FAN upgrade for Synology NAS

Quite FAN upgrade for Synology NAS How to reduce noise on Synology NAS – compatible FAN list Synology 916+ NAS fan upgrade Noctua NF-A9 FLX fan have been also working with Synology DS215j NAS Synology DE216+ II Synology DS 713+ Synology 718+ and other Synology models like DS918+ , ds1019+ and more. Here […]
How to Back Up and Restore Your Synology NAS Configuration

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?

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 […]
Brand New Drobo 5D3 5-Bay RAID Thunderbolt 3 Enclosure for Mac DRDR6A21 and DRDR6A31
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
FS2500 Synology 1U rack 12-bay 2.5″ SATA SSD

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 […]