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A recent Synology Photos package update was recently released. According to the below release notes, bullet point 5 needs to be clarified. Once you update to this version of synology photos, do you then need to delete out your current hyper backup task and recreate it, so that you can take...

Synology DS225+ NAS Review – Should You Buy? The Synology DS225+ is a 2-bay desktop NAS released in 2025 as a refresh to the DS224+, aimed at home users, remote workers, and small teams needing centralized storage, backup, and multimedia functionality. Continue reading... - - -

Hi there Basically I want to give Synology people remote access to my 2 x DS1821+s to resolve a transfer speed issue, BUT, be 100% sure they cannot get access to my (single) Shared Folder on each NAS which has sensitive/personal business material. The steps they have directed I should take are...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asj3h29FIEM Synology DS925+ NAS Source: NAS Compares (YouTube channel) Discuss by replying to this thread. - - -

Long time synology user. Love tinkering.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0ZUIDwPBXQ Check Amazon for the DS1825+ NAS Synology NAS Pricing and Amazon Links: DS220j (Basic Backup) DS223 (DSM Entry Point) DS224+ (New Plex/Media 2-Bay) DS723+ (Business/Video+Photo Editing) DVA1622 (Dedicated AI Surveillance and Local Access)...

Hey everyone, I'm trying to make my Synology NAS setup more "set it and forget it" — especially for things like: Backing up to external drives/cloud Cleaning up old log files Scheduling Docker container restarts Monitoring storage usage Sending alerts when disk health changes What tools...

Review of the Synology DS1825+ NAS – Locked In? The Synology DS1825+ is the latest 8-bay desktop NAS in the company’s established Plus series, positioned as the direct successor to the DS1821+ that launched in late 2020. After a considerable gap of nearly four years, expectations were high for...

In the digital world, not all letters are created equal. You’ve likely felt this, even if you couldn’t name the problem. Perhaps you’re a designer putting the final touches on a masterpiece in macOS. You name it something perfectly descriptive, like Project Árvore – Final Proposal (ü).psd. You...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqEpHnmI_Vk Synology DS1825+ Source: NAS Compares (YouTube channel) Discuss by replying to this thread. - - -

Since this thread closed down dialogue I thought I'd throw up my own thread. To summarize, those seeking to flee synology (i feel your pain) and think the pastures are greener with a UniFi UNAS, sadly it aint so, unless you have extremely limited needs. Yes they let you use any drive (so does...

Synology Hard Drives and SSD Comparison with Seagate/WD/Toshiba and More – Deal Breaker? In recent years, Synology has steadily moved toward a more vertically integrated hardware ecosystem, and the arrival of the 2025 generation of NAS systems marks a significant escalation in that approach...

Fails to find Server, but Internet works FYI: I'm in SE section of USA Tried on multiple Routers - all fail same way. DS FILE, DS CAM, DS FINDER, DS ROUTER works with QC though - QC not affected! Access to Database Updates in: Router/CP/Menu, is via a 'test' to see if SRM is up to date, and...

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I'm redoing my homelab UPS management and have moved away from using my NAS as the UPS server. Presently my NUT server is running on a Debian instance. I tried setting up my NAS (this is DSM 6 installation) as secondary, however each time I edit the NUT conf files, DSM steps all over me and...

Hello, Users access their files via Synology Drive. Some Excel files need to be edited by multiple users. Currently, there is no mechanism (lock) in place to ensure exclusive access to these files. As a result, the files can be opened simultaneously, and each user's save overwrites the previous...

I don't know why but I ran the SSD advisor on my 918+ and it says get a 700 GB cache. Shall I? Will I feel a difference?

I think this is the correct forum, but if it needs to be moved that's fine. I've got Drive working well, including syncing to several users PC with the desktop client. No issues there. What I am running into is maybe a granularity issue. I have a team folder; lets say "Folder 1" that is...

What Are Synology NAS Product Refreshes and What is Synology’s Logic? When Synology introduces a new wave of NAS devices, it’s easy to assume that each new model is a significant leap forward. However, many of these launches are better classified as product refreshes, not entirely new product...