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A popular question, just wondering what you guys think. Currently, I have it set to 20 min (default). Is it ok? Does this on/off cycles hurt drives?

I ordered the last 2 WD red discs (finally) for my DS418play to fill up my NAS. So, I just add them one-by-one and that's it? What about RAID? It's ok to leave SHR? Thank you for your help.

I am re-posting this, want to hear your comments/solutions: --------- Synology NAS may be market leader and most popular now, I like it too. But here I observed some improvement may needed: USB 3.0 is not acting as USB3.0 transfer speed (i.e. not >100MB/s but USB2.0) ; Because of above...

Seagate 16TB Ironwolf and Ironwolf Pro NAS Drives Revealed – ST16000NE000 and ST16000VN001 Good news for those looking maximum storage in both small and large NAS drive enclosures, with the announcement that the Seagate Ironwolf NAS hard drive series is going to be available in a staggering 16...

SSD Trim and Synology NAS In the last couple of years, solid state drives have increasingly gained popularity. It is also probable that you have read or at least heard someone else talking about how fast an SSD (Solid State Drive) is compared to traditional hard drives. If you are already using...

For some reason my DS218J is running indexing for a couple of days now. I do not instruct it to start indexing. The last thing I did was install "Drive" and added one of the disks to the Drive home folder. Don't know why would that start the indexing. Should I let it finish? I can't even...

DS218J, Folder 1 in Disk 1, Folder 2 in Disk 2. How do I keep them synced?

NAS and Video Transcoding – Why Should you care? There are many reasons to buy a NAS drive in 2019, but for most home users, enjoying their multimedia (especially video collections) is paramount. It is a relatively simple requirement on the face of it, videos on a NAS are just another kind of...

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...

New Synology DS220+, DVA3219, FS6400 and UC3200 NAS Revealed Good news for those that are looking to buy a brand new NAS solution later in 2019, with the announcement of the popular Synology Solution Exhibition in Tapei, we have been treated to a glimpse at a few of the new software and...

Do you NEED NAS Hard Drives, Really? Hard drives are not exactly new technology. They have existed in one form or another for over 20 years in the consumer market, all the time getting bigger in capacity and smaller in physical design. That should not come as a surprise to any of you. Such is...

Synology RS819 RackStation – True Value NAS? Synology has released one of the last in their 2019 wave of popular NAS drive devices (Rackstation NAS) and the latest to join the series is the modestly sized, modestly priced and modesty powered RS819 4-Bay NAS. Often overlooked due to their lack...

NAS Drive Upgrades – Cheaper than Buying New So you bought your NAS a few years ago and it is starting to look a little full. Perhaps it’s not quite as fast as it used to be due to its constant use or maybe newer and faster network trends are beginning to make your Network Attached Storage look...

A Guide to Using Apple Time Machine and your NAS Apple Time Machine is a backup software application included with macOS operating system from Apple. The software is designed to work with their range of AirPort Time Capsule devices, the Wi-Fi router with built-in hard disk (which apple are...

What is better? 1x 4-bay or 2x 2-bay NAS? With 4-bay you have enough backup (+ C2 backup), but with 2x 2-bay you can use one NAS as a backup only. Just thinking and want to hear your opinion. Thank you.

New Synology DS220+, DVA3219, FS6400 and UC3200 NAS Revealed Good news for those that are looking to buy a brand new NAS solution later in 2019, with the announcement of the popular Synology Solution Exhibition in Tapei, we have been treated to a glimpse at a few of the new software and hardware...

Hello, I have a Synology DS218 which I set-up few weeks ago. I was having issues where my hard drives (6TB IronWolf) wake up from hibernation without any reason. I have disconnected the LAN cable but hard drives still wake up few times a day and always wake up every night at 11:36pm eastern...

Like said in the title - where is the best place for it? I'm a bit confused here because I can find this package on the NAS and Synology router.

I've read through @Rusty's Bitwarden/docker solution, but I was wondering if anybody else uses any other solutions for hosting passwords on their NAS? I'd like something that both my wife and I can access remotely, as right now we are one of those awful people who uses some variation of the...

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