Synology

February 21, 2023

Synology Store – now open!

Starting today, Synology has unveiled its first web store, called Synology Store. Focused on essential Synology products, the store offers various spare parts, rail kits, memory modules, and add-in cards. On top of it all, the network lineup of their products is also a purchase option, but HDDs, as well as NAS devices, are not, at least not at the moment. 💡 NOTE: keep in mind that the store will list purchase options depending on the geographical location. For example, the EU store has no router products listed, unlike the US store. Synology Store | Synology Inc. Easily find and...

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February 20, 2023

Adding Drives to a Storage Pool on a Synology NAS

In this tutorial, we will look at adding drives to a storage pool on a Synology NAS. If you would like to expand a storage pool and volume, you must add new hard drives to the existing storage pool. The process is relatively straightforward, but there is a specific process that I’d recommend you follow. The goal is to ensure that the hard drive you’re adding doesn’t have any issues before adding it to the storage pool. This can be accomplished by running a S.M.A.R.T test, so that’s the first thing we will do before looking at adding drives to...

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February 16, 2023

How to Replace a Failed Drive on a Synology NAS

In this tutorial, we will look at how to replace a failed drive on a Synology NAS. When a hard drive fails on a Synology NAS (or any NAS for that matter), it’s a pretty stressful situation because the redundancy that you have may be entirely gone or at minimum, degraded. In situations like this, it’s best to replace the failing hard drive as quickly as possible so that you can repair the RAID array and get back to a point where the NAS is functioning properly. There is a specific process that should be followed when looking at how...

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February 8, 2023

Synology DS223 overview

As it was announced back in January in the "NEW x23 Synology model lineup" article, the new Synology DS223 has arrived! The new 2-bay "value" grade NAS is here as a long overdue successor of the DS218. With an already familiar look, this model without checking the label on the front could be mistaken for the DS220+. The smooth, and very professional design has followed over to this model as well as the fact that the drives are hot-swappable as they are on the plus lineup. This NAS with its price of about €245 (plus tax) and 2y warranty (extendable...

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February 7, 2023

Synology DiskStation DS223 launches in Germany

DiskStation DS223

Synology has introduced the DiskStation DS223, a new centralized data storage (NAS) that is designed to facilitate location-independent file management. The device with two drive bays and a storage capacity of up to 36 TB is intended for both professional and private contexts. Centralized storage with location-independent access The new DiskStation DS223 acts as a …

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January 27, 2023

New NAS, new RAM | Upgrading my DS923+ to 64GB RAM

I recently bought a new Synology NAS (!) , the brand new DS923+ and as always it comes from the factory with a tiny 4GB RAM so as with all my other NASes, it was time for an upgrade. How to upgrade The process is the same as I did before, but I will show you some pictures to bring you confidence that it can be done What to buy Ok, you need to decide first how much memory you want and the same rule applies now as it did then: You can never have too much RAM, so buy...

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January 21, 2023

Schedule python scripts on your Synology

On a previous post I showed you how to install Python 3.9 and virtual environments on your Synology. On this post, we are going to learn how to schedule them! Upload python script to your virtual environment We finish our previous post with the creation of the virtual environment, now we need to add our python script to our project folder: Schedule your script To schedule our script we are going to create a Task. Go to Control Panel >Task Scheduler: And create a Scheduled Task > User defined Script: And give it a name and make sure the user...

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January 20, 2023

Install and use Python 3.9 in your Synology

One of the advantages of installing python in your Synology is that you can write and schedule python scripts. In this post I will show you how to get python 3.9 running, but in a future post I will show you how to schedule it. Enable Home for all users First, lets enable home for all users. That is where your python scripts will reside. Enable SSH I recommend you to disable SSH when you are done because it disables 2 factor auth and makes your synology more vulnerable. Go to Control Panel > Terminal & SNMP > Terminal tab: Check “Enable...

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