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Finally! We have waited and waited, but DSM 7 public preview is finally here! Announced initially last year Dec 31st, Synology opened up public preview signups for their upcoming DSM 7 NAS OS. Unfortunately, on Feb 13th, we got info that the preview version will be delayed. For the past 9 months, we haven't had any intel on any new features apart from those that were presented during last year's worldwide conference and some webinars in 2020, more on those here. But the wait is finally over. Sep 8th, 2020 Synology opened up access to DSM 7 preview to about 6500 users that initially signed up. Continue reading...

Synology DS1520+ NAS Review – Does It Deserve Your Data? Of all the brands that you can choose in network-attached storage, few have managed to crack both the home and business market with the same design and apple-like finesse of Synology. It happens in all areas of technology, a new kind of thing arrives and 100 companies come along to sell it. Then, fast forward, and a handful will end up dominating the market and arguably the biggest name in desktop NAS worldwide is Synology. Today we want to review their new you DS1520+ NAS drive, an example of a NAS that finds itself squarely in the middle of the home and small business user market. Continue reading... - - - Check out FREE NAS advice section on nascompares.com

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This article will be about running Loki, the new Grafana Labs platform for log aggregation. What Loki offers is to present the logs that you can then query, parse, and compare inside Grafana! How cool is that? Metric and logs in one place, as it should be. As with all platforms that I use, this one will also run inside Docker. (feel free to skip the intro if you are not interested until you hit the title Grafana + Loki + Promtail stack (GLP)) Continue reading...

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Does the Reolink C2 Pro NAS Compatible IP Camera Deserve Your Data? One of the most popular reasons for many users to finally take the plunge and buy a NAS drive in 2019 is surveillance. Whether you are in an office that requires monitoring of your assets for insurance and security, or simply a home user that wants an extra pair of eyes watching over their home, surveillance is now incredibly straightforward and affordable. Continue reading... - - - Check out FREE NAS advice section on nascompares.com

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Synology DS1520+ vs DS1019+ NAS – Which Should You Buy? When it comes to buying a robust desktop NAS solution for a professional consumer or small business, Synology has always ranked pretty high in terms of popularity. Providing a well-defined portfolio of solutions that tailor towards different priorities, be they power, storage or efficiency, you would be hard pushed to find a decent solution in their current series that doesn’t suit your needs. However, when it comes to 5 bay NAS solutions in 2020/2021, the available Synology solutions are actually quite thin on the ground. In fact, the 2 most relevant solutions available are the brand new Synology DS1520+ and the Synology DS1019+ (released in mid-2019). With both solutions serving...

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In case you are wondering can this be done, yes it can! Checking Plex support site you will find detailed instructions on how to do this. For this article, I will focus on the Synology NAS solution as a Plex server of choice. Before I continue I would just like to say what I did exactly and why. The NAS in question is DS918+ which was my main Plex server. What I wanted to do was to get this NAS up and running as a new NAS (fresh install) but instead of HDDs (4x4TB), I want to run it with SSDs (2x500GB at the moment). Continue reading...

Synology DS1520+ vs DS920+ NAS – Which Should You Buy? The Synology 2020 series is a range that went from relative obscurity to practically being almost entirely fleshed out in less than 3 months. Featuring an enormous range of desktop NAS solutions, mid-range rackmounts and PCIe upgrade cards, they have improved a number of the key devices in their product portfolio this year. However, two of the very last diskstation NAS solutions in this range have been released just over six weeks apart and although arriving in differing drive numbers and price points, the new Synology DS1520+ that was recently revealed is arguably one of the best mid-range Intel-powered solutions the brand has released. That said, many potential and existing...

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Taipei, Taiwan – August 20, 2020 – Synology Inc. today announced the availability of the 5-bay DS1520+ storage system, built to excel in home and smal Continue reading... - - - Source: synology.com

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Why Should You Buy the New Synology DS1520+ NAS? As many of you are no doubt aware, there is a brand new Synology solution available to buy for those looking at a robust, affordable and Powerful 5-Bay solution. The recently revealed Synology DS1520+ NAS is a reimagining of the popular 5-bay plus series from the brand and and and pulls numerous influences from previous releases on different five bays and combines (almost) all of them into this new solution. Highly comparable to the likes of the DS1517+ and DS1019+ NAS, the DS1520+ is a great middle-ground for those of you that have been looking for a feature-rich system that is ready for photography, multimedia collections, virtual machine use and large-scale backup and surveillance for...

Small Hint Points at Synology DS1621+ NAS If you are one of the many people who have been looking for a brand new Intel-powered mid-range 6-Bay NAS from the guys at Synology, your wait may well be over. Along with the reveal of the soon to be released Synology DS1621xs+ later in 2020, we are NASCompares have been alerted to license documents that pertain to a brand new Synology DS1621+ NAS. There is almost no solid information at this stage, however, it certainly looks concrete enough. Continue reading... - - - Check out FREE NAS advice section on nascompares.com

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