Expanding the Storage Capacity of my Synology DS1515+
The hard drives in my current Synology DS1515+ are due for a change as their warranties are up. In fact, they are still working well except for one of them which had developed a couple of bad sectors....
View ArticleMy Backup Strategy using Synology NAS
How many of you think that backing your data (e.g. pictures on mobile phone, documents on laptop) to your Network Attached Storage (NAS) is sufficient to protect you against unexpected data loss? The...
View ArticleSynology DiskStation DS916+ Review
The Synology DS916+ is the latest addition to Synology's "Plus" series of NAS appliances. It is for IT professionals and small businesses who wants an affordable four-bay network storage with growth in...
View ArticleSynology Router RT2600ac Review
The Synology RT2600ac wireless Gigabit router is the latest addition to Synology's router family. It is the successor to the RT1900ac. At the core of the RT2600ac is the Synology Router Manager (SRM)...
View ArticleIronWolf Health Management on Synology’s NAS
Seagate and Synology collaborated to include the IronWolf Health Management feature into Synology's NAS. IronWolf Health Management monitors the health of Seagate IronWolf and IronWolf Pro series of...
View ArticleFinding your Files using Synology Universal Search
It has been almost a decade of using network attached storage (NAS) to store my files. It is a brilliant storage device. Although I have switched between different brands of NAS (i.e. D-Link, Netgear,...
View ArticleHow to RMA your Synology products?
My Synology DS1515+ started rebooting randomly recently and switching the NAS to another wall socket did not rectify the situation. It's inbuilt power supply is failing and I can't cannibalize the...
View ArticleReviewing the Synology DS1817+ with M2D17
The Synology DS1817+ and DS1517+ are announced in April 2017. The Synology DS1817+ is offered in both 2GB and 8GB RAM variants; and it officially supports up to 16GB. Three new accessories are also...
View ArticleSynology DS3018xs Review
Synology unveiled its first 6-bay NAS, the DS3018xs, at Cebit in March 2017. It supports the optional dual M.2 SSD adapter card or 10GbE NIC for high-IOPS system cache and ultra-fast data transmission...
View ArticleSynology Active Backup for Server
Synology's Active Backup for Server is a package specially designed to centralize data backups for Windows and Linux servers. It support backup modes like multi-version, mirroring and incremental. The...
View ArticleSynology 15% off Loyalty Rebate Program
From 7th to 18th March 2018, users of Synology 12-series and its previous models NAS can get a 15% discount off their new top-selling models like DS218+, DS718+ and DS918+. You will be able to collect...
View ArticleSynology MR2200ac Mesh Router Review
Synology announced their first wireless mesh router, the Synology MR2200ac, in October 2018. On its own, the MR2200ac is a AC2200 router with excellent range. When paired up with another MR2200ac or...
View ArticleMigrating to a new Synology NAS using Migration Assistant
Recently, I used the Migration Assistant to migrate data and system settings from the Synology DS1817+ to the DS1821+ NAS. Other than refreshing the NAS, a brand new set of 10TB hard drives replaced...
View ArticleSynology DS1821+ Review
The Synology DS1821+ is a 8-bay network attached storage that has something very different under its hood. That is, it uses the AMD Ryzen CPU and this is Synology's second NAS with AMD CPU after the...
View ArticleAutomate mounting of external USB storage for Synology Hyper Backup
I have the habit of having additional copies of back ups (partial and not full) from the Synology NAS to an external USB storage device like the Seagate Expansion Desktop. However, I want the external...
View ArticleDSM 7.0 – DS Cloud broke; FolderSync & WebDAV for two-way folder sync
If you have been using DS Cloud to synchronise folders between your Android mobile phone and Synology NAS (on DSM6), you will be disappointed that DS Cloud is not supported on DSM7. The DS Cloud's...
View ArticleSynology DSM 7 – Improved Authentication Features
Every once in a while you will read news about data breaches and password leaks. Although strong passwords are great, majority of people use the same password everywhere. Once it is leaked in a breach,...
View ArticleSynology C2 Password – Free Password Manager
Bitwarden, LastPass) have become increasingly popular and necessary over the past few years as a means to foil hackers by having different complex password for every single one of your online accounts....
View ArticleSynology DS3018xs Review
Synology unveiled its first 6-bay NAS, the DS3018xs, at Cebit in March 2017. It supports the optional dual M.2 SSD adapter card or 10GbE NIC for high-IOPS system cache and ultra-fast data transmission...
View ArticleSynology Active Backup for Server
Synology's Active Backup for Server is a package specially designed to centralize data backups for Windows and Linux servers. It support backup modes like multi-version, mirroring and incremental. The...
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