Some time ago, shortly after Synology enterprise-class drives were released, I read a caution from Synology that their HAT drives were for use in only Synology NAS, as they were “optimized” for Synology systems.
Has Synology walked that back (I can no longer locate that statement)? Can all...
I have a 923+ with four 10TB drives and about 30TB available after BTFRS RAID. I want to buy a remote backup NAS for hyper backup vault. What is your experience with what's appropriate?
My first thought is the 2-bay DS223 with two 16TB drives. That backs up all of the data. That does not...
I have a DS1819+ for local backup, and have just bought a DS1821+ for off-site backup. Eventually the OSB NAS will be located in a neighbour's house and connected to my LAN via a WLAN. But before setting that up, I want to copy my 1819 contents to the 1821 so subsequent backups will take less...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLt7xnfqztE
Synology vs UGREEN in 2025 - Which Should You Buy?
The full range of Synology NAS solutions on Amazon here.
Synology NAS Pricing and Amazon Links:
DS420j (Backup) $368
DS418 (Low Home Media) $379
DS423 (Entry Level Containers) $389
DS423+ (Plex)...
This may have been addressed already, and if so, I'd love a link to that thread. But if not:
Like many other newbies, I'm on Windows 10, but on a PC i built 8 years ago so cannot update to Windows 11 without buying new hardware. I have set up my NAS to connect to my current destop, but...
Hello everyone,
Unable to authenticate Tailscale for the NAS. There are two related topics here (and tons of posts on it and not finding a way to fix.)
1) Unable to Authenticate (white screen w/blue button)
2) Tailscale expiration for NAS.
White Screen w/Blue Button
• Clicking blue button...
It has been ten years since the first 4-bay model that offers an expansion on top of the initial bays, and that is exactly what we have here with a brand new, yet very familiar DS925+ NAS.
Continue reading...
I am a newbie to this forum and also am expanding the NAS storage for the 1st time. I use the NAS to save all my photos and videos and share the same with my family. The storage is 80% full and I need to expand the storage.
Currently I have a Synology DS920+ 4 Bay NAS and for the last 2...
I am looking to buy DS1823Xs+ to use with Wd Red Pro Nas drives of 22Gb. My vendor tells me that these drives are not supported and that I should buy original ones.
Is this the case? Should I go with DS1821+ for these drives? I am looking only for backup solution, but I wanted to buy newer...
Synology is closing the gap on third-party hard drive support further in 2025
Over the last few years, Synology have not been exact about being forward in supporting. Back in 2021, we started to see the brand reduce the number of third-party hard drives and SSDs on their systems. This...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDI41snpWqE
From video description:
(UPDATE) Synology UK page for the DS925+ is now killed (shocker...), but you can check your regional Amazon outlet to see if it has popped up via this affiliated link - Amazon.co.uk : Synology DS925 NAS
Source: NAS Compares...
Cześć.
Mam problem z wyświetlaniem plików video.
Mam 2 NAS synology
DS 120J - Synology Photos poprawnie wyswietla miniatury video
DS1621+ Nie wyświetla miniaturek Video - jest problem - Indeksowanie nie pomaga.
Jakieś pomysły na usunięcie problemu.
Wersja Synology Photos 1.8
DS 7.2
I was searching for something else, and stumbled onto a post that wasn't complete...
Fellow was describing how to enable the equivalent of HITS in Synology NAS...Firewall.
iptables --help | grep count
--set-counters PKTS BYTES
but then the post ceased..... with no further information. ...
Hi
I have two NAS devices, a DS218PLay and a DS216J
They are on the same network as my Smart TV
From my TV I can see both NAS devices as a soruce for input.
And If I select one, it opens up the NAS and shows the 3 root folders of Video, Music, Photos.
The problem .... I dont store my video...
Hello everyone!
Synology NAS owner since 2015 here. Most of the time I've been very happy with my NASes, but, at times, they've also caused me no small amount of frustration. It's mainly because of that last thing that I found my way here. I figure there's no better place to find answers and...
I wish to get the metrics of my Synology NAS to my Prometheus which is hosted in a Proxmox Ubuntu VM. I am using this guide but it isn't well written, for example they forgot to mention I need to install go to make generate.
A) Which machine am I suppose to clone the snmp exporter; the NAS or...