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June 19, 2023

How to Update Skyline Health Diagnostics from v3.5.2 to v4.0.0

The purpose of this blog post is to provide the guidance and the steps needed to upgrade my VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics environment to v4.0.0. Release notes for VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics can be found here. At the time of this post, version 4.0.0 was released on June 15, 2023. Per VMware, the Skyline Health Diagnostics tool is a self-service health and diagnostics platform to detect issues using log bundles, configuration, and other information to suggest the knowledge base articles or steps for resolving issues in the vSphere, vSAN, VMware Cloud Foundation SDDC Manager, and VMware Horizon product line. It can work in...

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June 18, 2023

How to Install Jellyfin With Hardware Transcoding on Your Synology NAS

Jellyfin is a free Software Media System that puts you in control of managing and streaming your media. It is an alternative to the proprietary Emby and Plex, to provide media from a dedicated server to end-user devices via multiple apps. Jellyfin is the volunteer-built media solution that puts you in control of your media. ... Read more about How to Install Jellyfin With Hardware Transcoding on Your Synology NAS
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June 15, 2023

Synology DiskStation DS923+ vs. QNAP TS-464: Which NAS is best?

The Synology DiskStation DS923+ is one of the latest four-bay NAS from the company and switches out the Intel Celeron chip for an AMD Ryzen processor. The QNAP TS-464 is more of a traditional Intel-powered enclosure with a focus on providing as much performance for running services such as Plex Media Server. QNAP's NAS is in an interesting position in that it's more affordable than the DS923+ from Synology, yet offers faster networking connections with two 2.5GbE ports. However, either NAS would make for an excellent place to store countless files at home or in the office.

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June 14, 2023

Best Synology NAS Amazon Prime Day Deals (2023)

In this article, we’re going to look at the best Synology NAS Amazon Prime Day deals of 2022. Amazon Prime Day in 2022 is July 12-13th. Synology NAS devices go on sale extremely rarely. However, after tracking this for a few years, there are generally at least two devices that go on sale on Prime day. In 2021 for example, the DS920+ had a big discount as an Amazon Prime Day deal. I want to stress the point that this is extremely rare, with the next sale most likely coming on Black Friday. If you’re interested in picking up a...

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