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Choosing Between Buying a 2-Bay or 4 Bay NAS For many users who decided to make the switch from subscription-based Cloud services and to their own private NAS server, it can be tricky to understand exactly what they need in terms of storage and power. Network-attached storage NAS has evolved...

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: not sure This NAS will be used for: backup, multimedia, surveillance Max budget for this setup: 400 EUR Number...

Hello, I have 2 different synology NAS on the same network. I would like to use cloud station server on both NAS and avoid using quickconnect (syncing is too slow with quickconnect). How can i do this ? Unfortunately, cloud station server uses port 6690 and cannot be modified. So i cannot...

Top 3 NAS Drives for Plex Media Server for £2000 The one barrier that stands between you and your perfect Plex media server is the amount you are prepared to pay for the hardware that the server utilizes and, in short, the scale of the NAS drive you purchase. NAS Drives have fast become one of...

What is the best approach to backup one share of a volume from my home NAS to an off-site NAS over the InterNet? The source NAS is a DS1821+ and the target one is a DS1817+ I would like the procedure to automatically synchronize the share from source to target, and keeping X generations or Y...

OK, as a follow up to my last thread ("locked out of my NAS due to a power outage"), I decide to look into a UPS for my NAS. Well, what a surprise - anything under $100 will last from 1 to 10 min, depending on load! What are people using UPS for with their NAS - just for momentary power...

OK, so I've been out of town for a week. Tried to access the NAS remotely with quickconnect but no-go. tried several time over several days but nada. Got home and sure enough, the NAS (DS218play) was off (I'm guessing a power outage but no other electronic items were flashing their clocks)...

Usage type: small biz Preferred form factor any Number of bays: 2-bays Do you have any existing drives that you plan on using? No Prefered RAID array setup for this NAS: RAID 1 This NAS will be used for: business (virtual machines, mail, office, etc.) Max budget for this setup...

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(Search elsewhere turned up info on what I tried, that did prove it was accessible)…. I have loaned a NAS to relatives in another state. They are not computer savvy to help, and I’m self taught. I did set up email on NAS so it would inform me of issues. It just sent me an email saying 2...

Hi all Recently had to shut down my NASFF983F (power reconfiguration). On restart, I can no longer find it (on either network interface) on the Windows SMB network, and it doesn't respond on HTTP (port 80 or 8080). I've tried both the Web Assistant and the Synology Assistant, with no success. I...

I have been using NAS for decades but I have never experienced a NAS failure (PSU died, but not the NAS itself). BUT let's say if a NAS dies, the drives are ok, can I pull the drives out and put them into a different NAS? Will the destination NAS have to be the exact model? Some of my NAS are...

Hi there, I've been reading through these forums and others trying to find the best solution for my use case. I'm more confused than ever, but I'm starting to think Synology products might not be able to do what I'm looking for. My ideal outcome is to have a local storage solution with an...

We have 2 NAS's. NASDS-1817 and NASDS-1819 at 2 separate locations. I would like to find a solution to the implement the below Have a file level backup which syncs a folder from NASDS-1819 to NASDS-1817 and generate email alerts if the sync fails Only sync new files in NASDS-1819. Do no delete...

How to Setup a Windows 11 VM on Your Synology NAS As Many of you may have heard, Microsoft has formally announced that Windows 11 is coming and after several high-profile presentations and numerous published references online, you are now able to begin the formal process of testing this new...

Is it fine to run Pi-hole on my NAS or should I rather run it on a Raspberry Pi? Won't it stress the hard drives more on the NAS?

I have just signed up for C2 storage with the intention of trying hybrid share in order to sync two Synology NAS systems and use C2 as cloud storage. Seems to be a good solution to my small business requirements. Users will access their own and a few shared folder on their local NAS via Synology...

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Usage type: home Preferred form factor DS (DiskStation) Number of bays: 4-bays Do you have any existing drives that you plan on using? No Prefered RAID array setup for this NAS: RAID 1 This NAS will be used for: multimedia, downloads (torrents, USENET, WebDAV, FTP, etc.) Max...

I've been playing with the idea of downgrading to DSM6 from DSM7 (I miss PhotoStation too much!). There are unofficial guides on how to do this and I've done that before on older DSM-versions.. But is it possible to reinstall the entire thing to DSM6? Which means, no downgrade, wipe the entire...