A week ago after setting up my DS920 I followed a tutorial to show the NAS in windows explorer. Today I opened windows explorer to find my NAS and it's gone. However, now when I add it, it doesn't show under network but rather under This PC. Also I can't get it to show the two directories it was...
Synology RS2821RP+ Rackmount NAS Hardware Review
Synology has really spent the first half of 2021 concentrating on their enterprise and SMB solutions, haven’t they? In just over 5 months we have seen 5 or 6 new Rackmount solutions arrive in their portfolio and although each of them is similar...
I'm considering RS1221+ or RS2421+ with WD SA500 SSDs + 10GB LAN for a new SAN config for our SMB virtualized servers (ESXI). I'm seeing that the SA500 is on the compatibility list for the DS918+, but the HDD/SSD compatibility lists for the RS1221+ and RS2421+ are very sparse at present; of...
Hello, Synology Experts,
I am experiencing slow copying process between Synology and other external hard drives attached directly to Synology through USB port. Below are some screenshots of the performance.
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Connecting DIRECTLY With Your NAS without Using a Switch or Router
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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? Yes
Prefered RAID array setup for this NAS: not sure
This NAS will be used for: backup, multimedia, surveillance, downloads (torrents, USENET, WebDAV, FTP...