Synology

December 18, 2022

Synology 2022 retrospective

If anything, this year flew by from the perspective of new Synology products and services, as well as for Blackvoid coming up to its 4th year of existence. Let's review some of the key moments, products as well as platforms that were introduced this year, and how they in some way shifted Synology and its users to new directions. DSM To start off, one of the biggest milestones was the DSM 7.1 update. Following the long-expected DSM 7 release (one of the longest in Synology history), 7.1 was released to patch up the initial DSM 7 and bring some new...

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December 16, 2022

Unraid vs. Synology: Side-by-Side Comparison

In this article, we’re going to take a look at Unraid vs. Synology. Unraid and Synology NAS devices are two NAS systems that you can use on your local network. There is a huge difference between these systems, however, and the main difference is that Synology NAS devices run the DSM operating system, while Unraid is the operating system. This means that if you want to set up your own NAS, you cannot purchase the Synology DSM operating system separately and must purchase a Synology device. If you’d like to purchase a Synology NAS, you must purchase the NAS device...

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December 7, 2022

What is the Best Synology NAS Alternative?

This article will look at what is the best Synology NAS alternative. If you’re trying to determine if you’d like to buy a Synology NAS, there are really two different routes you can take. The first is purchasing a comparative product like a TerraMaster or QNAP NAS. These are physical devices that you can purchase that will run their respective operating systems. The second route is to set up your own NAS. This requires purchasing components to build your own NAS or using older hardware that you either already own, or will purchase. The benefit to this is that you...

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December 4, 2022

Synology’s upcoming big DSM 7.2 update is filled with long-awaited features

Whenever we talk about Synology, its top consumer NAS enclosures usually come to mind. While the hardware does play an important role in network storage, it’s the software that defines your experience. And Synology’s DiskStation Manager (DSM) is among the most feature-packed NAS operating systems out there. After its major facelift last year, DSM 7.2 is the next big update, brimming with features that users have been asking for a long time. Here is everything you need to know about DSM 7.2.

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December 3, 2022

Synology apps compared: The best options for your NAS

Synology NAS lets you create private cloud storage, which you can use to store, access, back up, and share your files freely and securely. The benefit of using a Synology NAS service over others is that it gives you access to several first-party apps that make it easy to create your private cloud and access the data from any device you own.

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November 27, 2022

How to Configure an NFS Share on a Synology NAS

This tutorial looks at how to configure an NFS share on a Synology NAS in DSM 7. There are many reasons why you might want to set up an NFS share, but one of the biggest is that you can give individual IP addresses access to an entire shared folder by default. This means that you can allow individual servers (like Proxmox, which we’ll look at below) to access a shared folder without authenticating with a username and password. The authentication occurs on the IP address, meaning that the shared folder will be accessible because we are specifying that the...

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November 15, 2022

Synology DS923+ review

⚠️ UPDATE: 23/11/2022 – info on the M.2 NVMe storage volume usage in DSM that is supported by DS923+ Table of Contents : Intro : Packaging : Specifications : E10G22-T1-mini card : SSDs, 3rd party HDDs and NVMe storage pools : DSM setup and apps installation : Speed tests : Virtualization and containerization : Plex : Conclusion : Intro It was 2016 when Synology started to roll out their popular 4-bay NAS models in a version that supported more potential bays and offered more power to the NAS. These models, starting with the DS916+, had an eSATA port on the...

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November 13, 2022

How to move your media from Google Photos to a Synology NAS

When it comes to photo management, no other app comes close to Google Photos. It's ahead of everything else with its many smart features that work as advertised. Even many iOS users cannot live without Google Photos. However, it was a different story when Google decided to charge a monthly fee for something that was previously free, and not many people were happy with this change.

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