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Hi All, I have an DS718+ Nas and for over a year I have connected to it fine and shared folders fine too with the Nas being connected to my router (Asus ROG Rapture GT-AC5300 Wireless Router Tri-band ) and my PC connecting to the router using WIFI. I have now hardwired my PC to the same...

Everything you need to know about Upgrading Synology NAS Memory Generally speaking, Synology NAS has a long-standing reputation for being underpowered when compared to brands like QNAP and Asustor, at least out of the box, choosing to focus on their award-winning DSM software. This is changing...

The Synology Docker UI is nice but lacks some functionality such as Stacks, Templates and other useful things that can make managing your containers a lot easier. Portainer will run seamlessly along side the Synology Docker UI. First make a folder on your Synology to hold the portainer data and...

Can't find useful solution how to share specific folder (or folders by defined selection) from Android device into NAS: - automatically (no need an action after initial setup) follow defined connection (any change, period, from system booting) - on demand - no WebDAV based protocol, SFTP is more...

Here and there I've seen stories about 'Folding @ Home'. A project where we can contribute our available CPU and GPU power from home to scientist around the world who need computer power for data analys against the Corona virus: https://foldingathome.org/start-folding/ And I see docker...

The New DS120j or the Old DS119j? Which Budget NAS deserves your data? With Network Attached Storage (NAS) being so popular these days, it is completely understandable that in order for everyone to buy one, some more affordable NAS solutions need to be developed. As much as you want a NAS that...

Lets See some Pic's of your NAS we can Pimp them out alittle! Here's my Pimped out NAS

How to Turn your Physical Computer into a Virtual Machine for Remote Access over the Internet Remote working and ‘online desktop’ access is something that has grown massively relevant in 2020 and only promises to get even bigger. The technology and logic behind the creation of a virtual machine...

How to Setup a Virtual Machine on your Synology NAS Drive Regardless of wherever you are in the world right now, the virtues of conducting your business operations remotely, as well as ensuring the security and dependency of your assets (physical or digital) have never been more relevant...

I've posted before that my uplink speed is only 1Mbps. However, I get 20Mbs through my iPhone on 4G. What's the best way in 2020 to allow the NAS access to that 4G connection? The three possibilities I have considered are: Add a wireless USB adapter to the NAS, and connect to the phone...

Early last year, when I first heard that Seagate was a developing a range of solid-state drives (SSD) to be used in NAS servers, I have to admit I was a little dubious. The announcement of a brand new Ironwolf NVMe m.2 based Seagate NAS SSD in the new 510 series is definitely music to my ears...

Ok. Since we are all cooped up indoors and we’re encouraged to play some games in addition to doing some serious work, here’s a polll (yesss, remember those). Last time we did one a few people died as it was too much for them to click a radio button. Let’s try to go through this one without...

Synology Branded SSDs in SATA and NVMe Coming in 2020 Good news for all NAS users that like to keep their hardware as uniform as possible, with the newly leaked information that Synology plan on releasing their own branded solid-state drives at some point in 2020. Although this information is...

I've completed migrating all content to my new DS218+ from DS212. I had cloud sync to google set up for my photos on the DS212. Ideally there is a way to enable the same sync on the new DS218+ w/out it going nuts and trying to re-copy everything (we're talking >60,000 photos) up to the Google...

Just moved from DS212 to DS218+. I have had an external USB drive connected to the DS212 and have nightly Hyper Backup jobs to that drive. I used Hyper Backup rsync to copy my Hyper Backup config from DS212 -> DS218+, and have moved the USB drive to the DS218+. I also re-linked the backup...

This is beginner's question, probably! I have recently started using a Synology DS1618+ NAS with my 2013 iMac Pro. I have installed a Synology E10G18-T1 10 gbe PCI card into the NAS and am connecting to my iMac using a Sonnet Solo Thunderbolt2-10gbe adapter. The NAS is also connected via LAN1...

Have you ever managed to upgrade the hdd setup in your nas without the need to backup anything and still get the result you wanted? Let’s see how you can upgrade a 2bay NAS from a single disk to a two drive setup without the need to reinstall DSM or to do any massive data transfers to a separate...

Hi, anyone knows if DS drive is capable of using a team folder which share is located on a different Synology DS in my NAS? So far it seems this is not possbile since the Driver admin only shows local share, so do you know of a workaround? Michael

Choosing the Right Synology NAS for a Plex Media Server When it comes to choosing the right Synology NAS for your Plex Media Server, below I have broken down the entire currently available NAS you can buy. I have broken them down into the following areas: Model ID – This is the Name of the...

Which 8-Bay NAS Should you Buy in 2020 Some NAS buyers really like to take their storage seriously. If you are looking for real future-proofing in terms of network and internet accessible storage for your desktop, then an 8-Bay network storage device is very much the sweet spot for capacity Vs...