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Full Hardware and Software Specifications on the DS620slim Revealed Greet the unique and compact DS620slim, ready to boost your productivity at work, and its mini design allows it to blend in any workplace harmoniously. With feature-rich DiskStation Manager (DSM) at your disposal, DS620slim is an ideal file server delivering seamless file synchronization and solid backup solution while securely safeguarding your critical services. DS620slim also comes with 4K video transcoding support, perfect for streaming ultra-high definition media contents. DS620slim is backed up by Synology’s 2-year limited warranty. The DS620slim will arrive at around £425 ex.VAT, making it a step up in price compared with the much older DS416slim and newer...

Own a Synology NAS and Need Help? When a brand like Synology has been around for a great length of time, it will always grow a big following. From NAS drive owners who were there at the start, to those who felt the need for a private cloud alternative and decided on them as their manufacturer of choice. As much as NASCompares wants to be there for all NAS Drive owners, there will always be a focus on what is new and exciting this year, next year and those after. What about AFTER you buy your Synology NAS? Sure, Synology DSM will always be updated to be bigger and better (come on DSM 7, I haven’t got all day!) but what if you want to do unique tasks? have a one-off setup that needs a little tune-up? Where should a NAS drive owner go for...

Synology DS418play vs QNAP TS-351 In the first half of 2019, we are seeing a rather interesting release trend from the big NAS brands, Synology and QNAP. Generally, each year, the two brands release their biggest desktop solutions are roughly the same time (Q3/Q4 of the year) and then NAS buyers are left choosing between these two brands for which device best fits their needs. However, we are seeing a rather off change in the 2018/2019 release structure with the previous generation of Synology NAS devices of 2017/2018 being their current range and QNAP releasing a bunch of their newer units at the start of the year. The result is that many buyers are comparing newer QNAP NAS with older Synology. Today I want to look at two units you...

Taipei, Taiwan— 28 June 2019 —Synology® Inc. has been recognized as the Business Choice Winner in the 2019 PCMag Work Servers/NAS Survey for the sixth Continue reading... - - - Source: synology.com

New TeamViewer Application App for Synology NAS Test TeamViewer is a remarkably well known and well-established tool for those that are looking to access a PC, Mac, portable device or really any supported computer system remotely. Remote access and remote control of computer hardware is not a new thing and has in fact been around for several decades since the very early days of the internet. However, early versions of remote PC access were at a command line level and by no means user-friendly. Programs such as TeamViewer have changed this, providing users with a remarkably easy graphical user interface and simple two-stage login to access machines anywhere in the world. When it comes to accessing data from anywhere in the world...

Even 11 nines are not immune to human error With more businesses moving their mission-critical data to the cloud, it is essential that the cloud platform delivers high levels of availability and durability, making sure your data remains accessible and intact whenever you need it. “Designed to provide 99.999999999% durability and 99.99% availability of objects […] Continue reading... - - - Source: blog.synology.com

TAIPEI, Taiwan—June 21, 2019—Synology Inc. outscores other storage vendors, including IBM and Netapp and occupies the second largest market share in t Continue reading... - - - Source: synology.com

Hi! All, We are glad to inform you of the upcoming release of Active Backup for Business. Active Backup for Business has been popular since it was launched last year, and we have received a large amount of feedback and cheerful user stories. Since the in-depth feedback and the empirical observation of real use will help with the enhancement of our product, making it more tailored to users' needs, we would love to enlarge the scale of Preview Program and invite 20 business users to join us. Read more here

MILTON KEYNES, United Kingdom — 20 June, 2019 — Synology® Inc. today launched DiskStation DS419slim, a 4-bay NAS equipped with 2.5" drive support. Und Continue reading... - - - Source: synology.com

Is the New Synology DS419slim Compact NAS Drive worth your Data? Network attached storage is a popular technology for both home and business users and is now at a point commercially that it arrives in many forms. With its support of popular applications like surveillance, easy backups, file sharing and hosting and multimedia enjoyment – the utility of a NAS drive in your home or office in 2019 is inarguable. However, some people do not have the space for a NAS, are concerned with the power consumption and impact, or simply don’t want a big ugly server in their home or working environment. It is for uses such as these that Synology has provided a compact and discreet NAS drive for a number of years in the form of the ‘slim’ series. The...

Choosing the Right 4K Affordable NAS – DS218+ Vs TS-251B? Back in September 2017, Synology (currently regarded as one the top NAS brands) decided to release almost their entire desktop diskstation NAS series at once. Understandable this caused a great deal of confusion for many NAS buyers as suddenly they were no longer choosing between two or three devices, but now over ten to twenty (if you factored in the older releases too). I still don’t think this was a fantastically smart idea and only time will tell if this gamble paid off for them, but after the dust settled, a Synology NAS device was more popular than all the others – the Synology DS218+ 2-Bay. Somehow these two NAS servers had really appealed to NAS buyers because all the...

Smart Synchronization with Synology Drive Client 2.0 for Windows 10 The Synology Drive application has evolved remarkably fast since its initial preview back in 2017. Moving fast from a pre-release beta application, all the way through to an established Synology primary app for DSM, Desktop Client and mobile app, Drive has become one of the most impressive applications in the arsenal of apps included with your Synology NAS Drive server. However, it is now with the latest updates to the Synology Drive client application for Windows, alongside further improvements to connected apps like Synology office and Synology moments, that we have seen probably the biggest innovation in this application in the new Drive client beta program – on...

Surpassing Cloud Station in every way imaginable Reflecting our core belief that data should be accessible anywhere, Cloud Station offers a private cloud solution allowing you to instantly sync files across multiple platforms while retaining historical versions of important files for recovery purposes. Having served over 1.6 million offices and families since its debut 6 […] Continue reading... - - - Source: blog.synology.com

WD Red 12TB WD120EFAX Hard Drive – Worth your Data? Now with Hard Drives for NAS available in up to 12TB, the WD Red series offers a wide array of solutions for customers looking to build a high performing NAS storage solution. WD Red drives are built for up to 8-bay NAS systems and pack the power to store your precious data in one powerhouse unit. Increase the efficiency and productivity of your business with WD Red Pro drives, available for up to 24-bay NAS systems. PC drives aren’t typically tested or designed for the rigours of a NAS system. Do right by your NAS and choose the drive with an array of features to help preserve your data and maintain optimum performance. Continue reading... - - - Check out FREE NAS advice section on...

Synology Moments Vs QNAP QuMagie Photo Applications for NAS One of the most popular reasons these days for purchasing a network attached storage device is to have some of the thousands of photos that they have captured personally or professionally in the last few decades stored neatly and safely. Smartphones have had cameras now for such a long time and create photos so fast that the idea of cataloguing them now in the present seems a daunting task. Sure, those photos from holiday will all be in a neat little album called ‘Holiday 2008’, but you will not individually name those photos and what about all the photos that happened in between. With most people’s backups having images (.jpeg .png etc) more than any other file type, the need...

Thunderbolt QNAP or 10Gbe Synology – Choosing the Right NAS for you The appeal of network attached storage (NAS) cannot be overstated for photo and video editors in 2019. Content creators, ranging from bedroom business entrepreneurs to high-end studio broadcasters create so many gigabytes and terabytes every day, that it is inevitable that a robust, safe, reliable and accessible array of digital storage is invaluable. Synology and QNAP NAS have fast become to the right answer to these needs, but standard network/internet enabled storage typically hits 1 main stumbling block – speed. The internal speed of your NAS can be accelerated in multiple ways (SSD Cache, improved Memory, better CPUs and tiered storage) but external connections...

Full Hardware and Software Specifications of the Synology DS419slim NAS Released Meet Synology ultra-compact DiskStation DS419slim, a personal cloud that provides a comprehensive smart home solution. The versatile packages that come with Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM) can not only simplify file management but also stream multimedia content smoothly. DS419slim delivers file sharing capabilities across multiple platforms while keeping files secure. DS419slim is backed by Synology’s 2-year limited warranty Continue reading... - - - Check out FREE NAS advice section on nascompares.com

Brand New FS6400 SSD Based NAS Drive from Synology Uncovered The new tech being revealed here in Taipei continues from Synology. Next, up in our continued coverage of new NAS server for later in 2019, we have the brand new Flashstation FS6400 Rackmount NAS for enterprise-class users who want some of the fastest internal and external transmissions speeds ever achieved on a Synology NAS device. This is by no means the first time that Synology has delved into the word of SSD only based storage, with the previously released FS3017 Rackmount and FS1018 Desktop chassis servers. However, the FS6400 is by far their boldest flash solution yet, in terms of power, storage, expandability and ability. With spectacular IOPs that promise to outweigh...

Brand New DS620slim NAS Drive from Synology Uncovered Arriving later in 2019, the brand new Synology DS620slim has been revealed at Taipei in the Synology Solution Exhibition and though we were already informed of a few of the up and coming units in advance (a rare thing from Synology), it is still great to know that Synology still have a few tricks up its sleeve. Arriving with an Intel J3355 2.0Ghz CPU, as well as 2 LAN ports and 15mm 2.5″ 5TB HDD Support, this is yet another potentially hot release to join the Synology 2019-2020 line up. So, what do we know about the DS620slim from Synology? Who is it aimed at? And should this be your next big technology purchase? Let’s take a closer look. Continue reading... - - - Check out FREE...