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Synology DS220+ NAS – Taking it to Pieces

Posted on by Rob Andrews

Synology DS220+ NAS Hardware Tear Down For those of you that are interested in the newest generation of Synology NAS, you are probably wondering about what exactly goes on under the bonnet. We talk about the CPU and Memory plenty, but what about on the inside? Where does the Synology DSM software get extracted from? […]

Difference between the Synology SNV3400-400G and SNV3500-400G Synology SSD

Difference between the Synology SNV3400-400G and SNV3500-400G Synology SSD

Synology SSD Can You tell me the difference between the Synology SNV3400-400G and SNV3500-400G SSD except the size? I saw in the specifications only one thing, the “Power Loss Protection” What exactly is this? The only difference between these is the size. SNV3400 M.2 2280 NVMe SSD, tailored for Synology Desktop NAS with built-in M.2 […]

SMR v CMR – Which drives to add to Synology

SMR v CMR – Which drives to add to Synology

SMR v CMR – Which drives to add to Synology DS416Play Thanks for your useful videos. It would be great if you could help me with the following : The use case : I have had a DS416Play for just over 3 years and bought it with 2 WD60EFRX drives (CMR). I use it as […]

Migrating from old 2-bay Synology to a new Synology

Migrating from old 2-bay Synology to a new Synology

DS211 upgrade to? I have a DS211, now out of support… Running DSM 6.2.2 It has 2x SAMSUNG HD204UI 2TB drives. Using SHR RAID. Performs well, just a little slow now. If I get a new DS220+ when it comes out, what is best way to migrate? Remove 1 drive from 211, power up 220+ […]

MAX SSD Cache size on Synology

MAX SSD Cache size on Synology

MAX SSD Cache size with MD218 I have Synology ds1618+ with 6 10TB drive in RAID 5. I have 32GM memory. Now I’m thinking of buying MD218 to add SSD Cache. There are two slots in MD218. What is the maximum size NVMe SSD I can add in each m.2 slot? Is there a maximum […]

Best way to connect to Synology NAS – WebDAV , FTP , Drive , QuickConnect, VPN

Best way to connect to Synology NAS – WebDAV , FTP , Drive , QuickConnect, VPN

There are many different ways you can connect to your NAS. Mount it as a network drive Access using Web browser with QuickConnect Connect using FTP software Mount it as a WebDav drive on the internet Connect via VPN Synchronize folders via Synology Drive (Dropbox alternative) Map network drive Most of the people will mount […]

Qnqp 231k vs synology ds218play

Qnqp 231k vs synology ds218play

Qnqp 231k vs synology ds218play What’s the difference between the qnap 231k and the Synology ds218play. Is one of these better than the other or faster? Do they both do on-the-fly transcoding. Is the interface easier on one of them? DS218play with 64-bit Quad Core 1.4 GHz versus 231k with Alpine AL-214, ARM v7, 32-bit, […]