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I currently have a DS1019+ with 5x14TB drives. I just upgraded from 5x10TB drives that I would like to also utilize as I'm now full. I would also like to upgrade to a larger/faster NAS and don't know if that means I need 10Gbe, SSD cache, more RAM, etc. Ideally I would like to utilize the 10...

PLANNING AHEAD: I have 1511+ with HD in all 5 bays. Been running several years. Have been periodically replacing HDs as a precaution. Question: What do I do should my NAS unit fail? How do I get HD set up in a new, replacement NAS?? Initial install formatted installed drives... ...

So I finally got RS1219+ & DS220+ along with drives in the mail, and got them all fired up today. The 220 went first, and I was able to get it setup to act as a local hyperbackup vault for backup up my existing 918+ prior to migrating the existing 918 drives to the 1219. I then migrated the...

Choosing the Best 4-Bay NAS Drive of 2020 This year has seen a whole new bunch of NAS hardware solutions arriving after the comparatively quiet period of 2018/19 and with it, a whole new range of solutions that will meet the expectations of 4-Bay NAS buyers. 4 Drive desktop servers are very...

I'm just wondering: It's great to install a virtual DSM to test some betas (for example DSM7 this time), maybe test some settings, testing new packages, etc. But when and why might you need to host more than one virtual DSM? On your host machine you can set up multiple users, user quotas...

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Choosing the Best 2-Bay NAS Drive of 2020 When you are looking for a new data storage solution, chances are that in terms of cost vs storage, a 2 drive solution is pretty much a solid choice – especially for beginners. If you can overcome the initial downfall of losing 50% of your storage space...

I currently own a DS914 play and am looking at upgrading this to a more up to date hardware to with a view to undertake UHD transcoding. My initial research suggests that the DS 920+ would be a suitable candidate and could fulfil this purpose. However on cross checking the Synology NAS...

Hi, Background; I currently pay for a CrashPlan subscription, but for the need I have (to mainly protect my photos and some personal documents that is not that extensive in volume) I think this is a bit overkill. I'm thinking of moving all my documents, photos and videos to googles cloud...

I have a DS918+ with 4 HDD's that I want to transfer over to my new RS1219+. When I first hooked up the RS1219 and went to synology's "find me" website, it found the NAS, but wouldn't let me proceed with installation because I didn't have any drives installed. Aside from the 4 drives I want to...

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Why Should You Buy the New Synology DS1821+ NAS? As many of you are no doubt aware, there is a brand new Synology solution available to buy for those looking at a robust, affordable and Powerful 8-Bay solution. The recently revealed Synology DS1821+ NAS is a reimagining of the popular 8 drive...

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I'm considering running 7-beta on my backup NAS (now at v6.2.3). Presently the backup NAS runs Hyper Backup Vault and is also the client for Shared Folder Sync from my primary NAS. So, some questions for those running both versions... Does Hyper Backup on v6.2.3 play well with the v7...

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I currently have the controller for my unifi gear running in a docker controller. However, I'm going to be doing a physical hard drive migration from an old NAS to a new one. How do I handle migrating the controller? Are there any settings within the controller that will need to be changed to...

I'm going to be transitioning my 2Tb drives from my DS918+ to an RS1219+. I have read through synology's migration tutorials and it looks relatively simple. I'm going to make sure to backup my configuration as well as hyperbackup the whole system. I do have several questions: 1. It says to...

I've mentioned the system I'm working on building in this thread: Solved - Confused about converting/expanding from my DS819+ to rack-mount options. Most of the hardware just came in and I'm going to start getting it set up. In order to make the initial setup and backup transfer go faster, I...

I have two DS920+ NASs. They have two ethernet ports on them. Lets call them port 0 and port 1 on NAS #1. Lets call them port 0 and port 1 on NAS #2. NAS 1 Port 0 is 192.168.2.100 and Port 1 is 192.168.200.100. NAS 2 port 0 is 192.168.200.101, NAS 2 port 1 is not used. I have port 0 of NAS...