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If anyone has a non-functional 120VAC NAS 4 pin power supply that does not work any more, that you are planning on tossing out…… I would like to examine it for possible repair. I’d be willing to pay shipment of dead unit to me. If it is fixable I’ll document what was found bad, and what parts I...

Hello, I am interested in using emulators in my synology nas to play retro games using it. I tried using RetroArch on docker but it is not working properly. any suggestions on how to do that. is synology nas is capable of doing so?

I have 2 DS415+ and use LastPass for both. I have multiple users on each and access them with windows 10. One of them always shows up the first user name, mine, listed in both Lastpass and DSM user lists.. The other always shows a specific username that appears farther down on both the LastPass...

Is it possible to restore an Active Backup which is copied to a USB drive, without the NAS? For example copy the img files to USB drive, Hyper Backup, or USB Copy.. whatever options available to use USB as an "off site". Then disaster happens and I lose the PC and the NAS, and my only backup...

Usage type: home Preferred form factor DS (DiskStation) Number of bays: 2-bays Do you have any existing drives that you plan on using? No Prefered RAID array setup for this NAS: SHR This NAS will be used for: backup, multimedia, downloads (torrents, USENET, WebDAV, FTP, etc.) Max budget...

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Usage type: home Preferred form factor any Number of bays: not sure how many bays Do you have any existing drives that you plan on using? / Prefered RAID array setup for this NAS: / This NAS will be used for: backup, multimedia Max budget for this setup: £250 GBP Number of...

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Hey guys! I make videos for my YouTube channel and I just got a new synology nas the 1621+. Upgraded ram to 32gb, 1 tb chache and 10gbe networking with my main PC. This is at my studio location and I also want to be able to edit where I left off when I get home and use that Pc. There won’t be...

I have a 4-bay DS918+ with two 4Tb drives and two 8Tb drives. The 8s were recent additions, replacing two 3Tb units. I'd like to make use of the 3Tbs as external drives for home computers, however their partition tables are corrupted. Both show 800Gb of unpartitioned space. I've mounted them...

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Hi everyone, I’m in the process of entering the world of NAS and this seemed like an excellent place to seek advice.

I realised that the HC550 is listed as compatible on the DS1618+ and not DS1621+ and synology says they've yet to test that drive. So I just want to know if it's ok to use it on the DS1621+?

This afternoon I hit a moment where I was at a loose end and wondered what to do. I decided to start a cost comparison chart, purely for my own entertainment and knowledge mainly to prove to my household that running a NAS 24/7 can actually save you money in the long term. I've made a start and...

I feel like I'm missing something or if not I've found another glitch with DSM7... I use VPN Server on the NAS with OpenVPN configured. I can connect to the NAS with the iOS OpenVPN client with no problem. However once connected I can't access any files on the NAS using the iOS Files app. I've...

This is something I’ve been wondering for a while. Assume my domain is my domain.com, I’ve been accessing the forum by creating a CNAME DNS entry to create a subdomain like my forum.domain.com. I’ve then being pointing forum.domain.com to either qcid.synology.me or qcid.direct.quickconnect.to...

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I want to sync and keep synced my photo catalog (around 16TB) from my PC to my NAS. I want to know what options to use? Synology Drive? Just mount a folder using SAMBA or NFS? What software to use for sync? Resilio? Allway Sync? Syncthing? Please advice! Thank you!

Choosing the Best 1-Bay NAS Drive from Synology & QNAP Choosing the best NAS drive for your needs can often be a difficult or imposing job. Network Attached Storage has evolved a lot over the years to a point now where they are less like basic storage devices and more like fully functioning...