Love my D918+ Synology. Four years old, use it for everything, great for running Docker engines. Great for encrypting uploads and syncing a backup with OneDrive, Dropbox or Google. The software provided is fantastic, especially for non-technical individuals.
Great video as always, it would be wonderful if you could make a video showing tips and trick/ best practices to secure the NAS (make it very hard for anyone to access it) especially when port forwarding/ allowing remote access for your self.
Great idea, They all have Built in firewalls, fail2ban, and DoS mitigations. I really like the turn key options, but there are a couple things to definitely enable and disable like SSH.
I use Synology for about 12 years now, first a one bay, now a 4 bay with 12Tb dedicated space (RAID10 pool) and I still love it, pretty much all the audiofiles I'm working with are there, and administration, like a map with ongoing invoices, or handled invoices are there. Very recommended. And great after sale services too.
Chris, great intro for DSM. Been using Synology for years. Recently I decided to build a TrueNAS box for my lab, but I also wanted to use it back up my Synology. Got there with rsync (it's only inside). After playing with TrueNAS, I do have to say, what you're really getting with Synology is the OS. It's easy to use, lightweight, and feature rich, with the Package Center and all the things you can do! I've used QNAP (they do have nice hardware), TrueNAS/FreeNAS, and a few other things over the years. The best OS / Interface out of all of them is Synology, every day, all day long. ZFS (TrueNAS) can claim it's a better file system, QNAP can claim it has better hardware for the price, but what none offer is the simple setup, easy to use interface that is DSM.
Got a 2 disk Synology a few years ago its never missed a beat even when one hard drive went AWOL, just wish I had got a higher spec version, its so good as a all-round package, links up to my security cameras, files, TV, no problem, really is great software inside, if you are looking for a NAS as a first time user I would recommend a Synology NAS and at the moment its still worth the dosh :-)
I use Syncthing, and it's so convenient (at least for me), as it allows me to selectively sync files across peers, using UIDs. A plus thing is, as it's peer-to-peer syncing, it can sync automatically across the internet, and the files are also ready to be accessed anytime. What do you think about Syncthing?
I've seen other tech youtubers make videos about why not to use synology, primary reason as to why, is if they die, it's hard to recover your files from it, what do you think about this issue?
I do love a nice Synology nas, I had one for years the only reason I had to replace it was because I filled it up, I love my new one it's nice and zippy and I have bucket loads of storage, I also has one of their routers as well.
I already have two Syno boxes (918plus and 420plus), they're fantastic, 1) the setup is very easy and quick, takes couple minutes to have fully working system ready to use 2) QuickConnect is a life saver if ISP provides only dynamic address 3) Syno Drive is a life saver especialy on iOS, because I can finally access files from my iOS device (just try copying an image file from computer to iPhone, it's not possible by default lol!) 4) web interface for DSM and File Manager is great when you need to login on public/friend's computer, it's much faster using web browser GUI than mapping drives on computer 5) wake on lan tasks are supported, in Syno Task Scheduler syntax is "synonet --wake" (without quotes) followed by mac address and "eth0" (again without quotes) to wake any device in your LAN, very convenient as well
That all will be good and dandy, if you trust the company doing the storage. Which is like trusting someone you've only known a moment before and one you have never heard about before.
I use OMV on a very old Dell Optiplex box It works great and I just add disks as I need to ugrade storage. Best of all, it´s free for all. @Chris, please do a vid about OVM and what you think of it. Thank you for this nice video of Synology.
Hi Chris i always enjoy ur vidz, i have something specific to ask u. How do i make a remote connection to my home network from another pc not on my network in order to access my router shared hdd?
I personally just use an Odroid HC1 with Nextcloud on it. It's fast enough and that way I can use it on the go. Backups are managed differently. Btw, how do you manage your backups?
An Odroid costs $50. A single drive Synology costs $100. Yet they accomplish the same task: store your files. The only difference is the brand name and the fancy colorful gui.
I currently have a couple qnap NAS set up (yes im one of those "70TB is not enough" guys).. but i am very much considering a synology. some of the functions are done by my pfsense box so i would not need all the features but i am at that point where i need another Nas so great video on the features. I'll have to hunt up your set up video to compare with how synology compares to qnap there.
Thank you!!!!! What dictates speed of downloads besides internet provider speed when accessing and downloading Fromm a synology drive using. Quick connect? Will using a vpn make downloads faster. Moving 20-30 gig photo file folders. We are pro photographers. Thank you
Hi, Thnks for great video, lots of information. But how do you setup the nas to be a mounted hd and acsess it over the internet? I use Lightroom Classic and I have an DS418play nas. Do I have to setup WEBdav? My router is Unifi USG. Thanks for eny tips or tricks how to set that up. Love to have all my files with me in the go :)
Help. Great video by the way. So I tried uploading files remotely using quickconnect. Around 5 GB of video. It was so slow, nothing happened after 1 whole hour. Any advice?
Hi Chris. Ive never had a NAS before, but I saw a QNAP TS-269 PRO with 2x Seagate 4tb drives for $150 for sale. I'm not a noob to Linux, but is this worth it in your opinion or should I go newer and another brand? Thanks
Great Vid, Im curious what your opinion is on unRaid. I recently switched to it from Synology after having 2 separate DS415 fail on me within 3 years and the struggles I pained through with their warranty process. My current unRaid server is Intel 10100 on mini-ITX, 5x12tb HHD, 2x256GB SSD Cache, 16GB Ram
Thank you Chris for this review. Most informative. I also utilize Synology Drive on a smaller Synology NAS than yours, but I also have it configured to back up to cloud via the iDrive service as an additional protective (offsite) measure. You mentioned at one point about not having to use services like DropBox or iDrive. I understand your premise in not having to utilize 3rd party cloud services, but do you use a specific backup strategy (eg. on prem + cloud) to backup your backups? I also know you use Ubiquity but I would love to see a port forwarding tutorial for Meraki appliances (MX65 in my case). I am currently forced to use QuickConnect as the MX65 does not seem to be compatible with the Router Configuration option in the External Access section of the Control Panel. Anyway, love your videos and I am looking forward to more of them.
I used iDrive a long time ago probably 10+ years, but in recent years I really like Backblaze as a cheaper alternative and if I'm backing up less than 1TB I'll just use the Synology Backup service as it is pretty cheap as well. My backup strategy is pretty basic. Nightly backups to cloud with local snapshots and previous versions enabled. For business if I was going to utilize a device like this, I would do local replication to an identical box and then push nightly cloud backups for disaster recovery. These things are so cheap and easy to replicate it makes no sense not to do something like this.
@@ChrisTitusTech When you write "nightly backups to cloud", which 'cloud' service are you backing up to? Or do you mean you backup *to* the Synology NAS nightly?
Since my switch to Linux a couple of months ago I'm very frustrated about not being able to mount my WD MyCloud NAS via Dolphin in Manjaro whereas it mounts without issue via macOS and I've yet to figure it out-WD (devices and support) seem to _not_ be Linux friendly and I think I might transfer all my files to a Synology device, wipe the WDMyCloud and trash it-or go Office Space on it and send it to Western Digital.
Really good video, thanks :) Considering which NAS to buy, as Google has just said that from next summer, it is no longer free to store photos and video. But would like the smartness of being able to back up photos on the go, as well as see photos that are no longer in the phone's own warehouse anymore. Have considered a WD My Cloud Home WDBVXC0040HWT but do not know if it can do it all? Thanks for your great videos :)
Synology is very nice, however, I'm more inclined to build a normal box and either use the DSM clone on it, or my own stuff... I've seen big issues with them taking 2-3 weeks to return an RMA, which is terrible for a business env. choose carefully, and get 2 and mirror them.
In 2014 a lot of Synology users got hit by ransomware called Synolocker. I disconnected my Synology from the internet right away never to connect it again. I only use my NAS locally now which limits its functionality. Can you give some advise on how to keep ransomware from infecting the NAS? For example: do we need a dedicated firewall like you seem to have?
I've got a couple of Intel based QNAP units which hold all of my SMB and NFS shares, a couple of IP cameras and a few little VMs such as pihole etc and they are very useful but I'll probably look to replace them with synology units when the time comes because their software can be a little rough round the edges and you get niggling issues with them that can drive you nuts 😏
I've done QNAP a couple times in the past, they are good products, but I like Synology a bit better. Very similar in product offerings though. Synology does QuickConnect, Backup Solutions, and iSCSI better imo. QNAP I like the OpenVPN export better, as they do one inline file instead of the zip.
I actually bought WD My Home Cloud NAS but very disappointed it because it lacks so many features and very decent web gui. The Windows and Mac client app are horrible and drain so much power. Now, I regard it but when I bought it couple years ago I actually didn't did as much of research but now I really wanted to get Snology Drive now.
First: Awesome video. Second, If someone has a server such as a Dell r710 with space for (I think 6?) drives, would you recommend Replacing all those drives with Bigger hard drives, or would it be just as effective to buy a synology and throw it on the network for the server to utilize? My server has about 300GB across 3 drives..so Synology is darn tempting! :)
Toss it, Hell the power consumption alone would pay for the box lol. Those r710 are loud, large, and not needed unless you are doing some type of virtualization clustering.
@@ChrisTitusTech ah, darn. Yes, exactly what i'm doing with it. Luckily i have it in the basement, but yeah. Could i be combined with a NAS to utilize for the clustering? So far, i'm only running 3 VMs on Prox Mox(Next Cloud/Ubuntu Server/Windows 10), but trying to learn more about them.
@@RandyHanley That is awesome the 710 would be the perfect test bed to learn more about virtualization. You won't be able to do clustering per se, but you can do replication using a VM from the 710 to practice this type of thing. It would be a fantastic way to learn the basics.
From my very recent experience: I’ve had a Synology DS118 (using nightly incremental Hyper Backup to an old Netgear Duo RAID NAS) for a couple of years. Two weeks ago I bought a Synology DS220+ and thought that I might be able to simply move the disk from the DS118 to the new NAS. You CAN do that if the models are identical, so that was not an option for me. There is also a migration route where the disk is moved to the new NAS and various on-screen options taken that preserve the data - but on the new NAS box. BUT, (and this is where the superb Synology documentation comes in), this was not an option as my DS118 was not on the “list” of devices that this works for. So I had to go with a 3rd option: Hyper Backup (remember the Netgear NAS) restore to the original disk(s) but in the new NAS. Now, I had the benefit of a fully functioning DS118 so was able to take a FULL backup - including the system configuration settings (user accounts, permissions etc.) and the application settings. Prior to the new NAS I’d just been backing up the folders - and now I know that if the DS118 unit had failed, I’d still have been able to restore the data, but it would have been a bit of a chore to reapply all the system and application settings. The more I use these Synology NAS units, the more that I am impressed with them. That being said, I wouldn’t open up anything to the internet that stores my precious data. I certainly would not use Quick Connect as that goes via 3rd party servers (Synology).
Hey Chris i have question. The last desktop setup i had with Manjaro Linux/Ryzen 3 w/ integrated graphics had a lag problem while using Kdenlive (audio wouldn’t sync with video when play/pausing preview). I am building a brand new setup, will using an intel processor provide with different results? Hardware suggestions for video/photo editing. Thanks in advance
Ey Chris i can‘t Open my windows defender. I checked my services it was it was set to manual I press start button then came a error message. Need you help.
Anything is possible, but I haven't seen any exploits in relation to these types of boxes. However, I do recommend shutting down and only using the services you need like I showed in the video. Also make sure Fail2Ban and Firewall are both configured and enabled.
I think it is nice... i have been a qnap fan boy for a long time. (my first nas was a WD EX4 and frankly i still have it but want to totally replace that. anyway i "know" about synology, but I have not set one up so comparing apples to oranges so to speak, and this video lets me decide whether the features in synology are at par with qnap, better, or worse, and i can make an informed decision about purchasing
The Linux phone ecosystem is still being made, but since it's Linux you can also use the web browser or secure a VPN connection and pull it up in the local file browser. I need to revisit my Linux phone experiment. Was thinking about getting the Pro1X
@@ChrisTitusTech Nice. There are a few other people who made videos about it on RUclips, maybe they have found something which you don't know yet, it is worth a shot.
Yup, Plex on these things are fantastic and you never have to worry about it being on. I would recommend a UPS for this to go into that way even if you have a power outage your movies never go down. The power consumption is extremely small and can last a long time on a UPS.
Plex doesn't sipport iso's. I'd rather go for kodi, you can copy your entire blu-ray including the menus. Plex has various features kodi doesn't have. Make sure you really need them
@@TheKeule33 I actually started with kodi, went to plex (with lifetime license) and then since plex sort of stinks on IPTV went to emby. So far i have been very happy with emby. there are compromises on all of them in different areas so i think it gets down to where are you willing to compromise. kodi does IPTV for instance but no dvr... plex just... well doesnt really do iptv, and emby can do multiple iptv feeds and dvr. for me that was the kicker.
If you are asking, Google drive is probably fine for you. For me, I simply can't afford paying hundreds of dollars per month for cloud storage. I would much prefer builing my own NAS.
because you cannot have Google Drive server in your house with full Gbit download/upload, local NAS is much faster, though if you ask about backup purposes, I'd say using multiple platforms adds to reliability :)
Past Synology Videos:
Synology Setup: ruclips.net/video/4Hpb2OtrLnw/видео.html
Synology Backup Solutions: ruclips.net/video/gpLxW8ZbYYI/видео.html
Synology iSCSI Setup and Usage: ruclips.net/video/UQ_okiYOm-U/видео.html
Love my D918+ Synology. Four years old, use it for everything, great for running Docker engines. Great for encrypting uploads and syncing a backup with OneDrive, Dropbox or Google. The software provided is fantastic, especially for non-technical individuals.
Great video as always, it would be wonderful if you could make a video showing tips and trick/ best practices to secure the NAS (make it very hard for anyone to access it) especially when port forwarding/ allowing remote access for your self.
Great idea, They all have Built in firewalls, fail2ban, and DoS mitigations. I really like the turn key options, but there are a couple things to definitely enable and disable like SSH.
I use Synology for about 12 years now, first a one bay, now a 4 bay with 12Tb dedicated space (RAID10 pool) and I still love it, pretty much all the audiofiles I'm working with are there, and administration, like a map with ongoing invoices, or handled invoices are there. Very recommended. And great after sale services too.
Chris, great intro for DSM. Been using Synology for years. Recently I decided to build a TrueNAS box for my lab, but I also wanted to use it back up my Synology. Got there with rsync (it's only inside). After playing with TrueNAS, I do have to say, what you're really getting with Synology is the OS. It's easy to use, lightweight, and feature rich, with the Package Center and all the things you can do!
I've used QNAP (they do have nice hardware), TrueNAS/FreeNAS, and a few other things over the years. The best OS / Interface out of all of them is Synology, every day, all day long. ZFS (TrueNAS) can claim it's a better file system, QNAP can claim it has better hardware for the price, but what none offer is the simple setup, easy to use interface that is DSM.
Got a 2 disk Synology a few years ago its never missed a beat even when one hard drive went AWOL, just wish I had got a higher spec version, its so good as a all-round package, links up to my security cameras, files, TV, no problem, really is great software inside, if you are looking for a NAS as a first time user I would recommend a Synology NAS and at the moment its still worth the dosh :-)
I actually bought a asustor locker 4. These NAS devices are really cool. I love your tech videos. Keep up the good work.
I use Syncthing, and it's so convenient (at least for me), as it allows me to selectively sync files across peers, using UIDs. A plus thing is, as it's peer-to-peer syncing, it can sync automatically across the internet, and the files are also ready to be accessed anytime.
What do you think about Syncthing?
Next cloud incoming...
I've seen other tech youtubers make videos about why not to use synology, primary reason as to why, is if they die, it's hard to recover your files from it, what do you think about this issue?
Absolutely loved this video! I am considering setting this up instead of buying a steam deck.
Hey thanks Chris for content . I'm just looking at my options now for remote access to multiple PC 's at home. Sounds like NAS could be a good option
I do love a nice Synology nas, I had one for years the only reason I had to replace it was because I filled it up, I love my new one it's nice and zippy and I have bucket loads of storage, I also has one of their routers as well.
I already have two Syno boxes (918plus and 420plus), they're fantastic,
1) the setup is very easy and quick, takes couple minutes to have fully working system ready to use
2) QuickConnect is a life saver if ISP provides only dynamic address
3) Syno Drive is a life saver especialy on iOS, because I can finally access files from my iOS device (just try copying an image file from computer to iPhone, it's not possible by default lol!)
4) web interface for DSM and File Manager is great when you need to login on public/friend's computer, it's much faster using web browser GUI than mapping drives on computer
5) wake on lan tasks are supported, in Syno Task Scheduler syntax is "synonet --wake" (without quotes) followed by mac address and "eth0" (again without quotes) to wake any device in your LAN, very convenient as well
I've configured QNAP and Thecus for SMB and iSCSI which are very similar to Synology.
That all will be good and dandy, if you trust the company doing the storage. Which is like trusting someone you've only known a moment before and one you have never heard about before.
From Open Media Vault, to Nextcloud, and I'm happy with Nextcloud.
Synology is awesome, but maybe next time, don't have time to configure something.
I use OMV on a very old Dell Optiplex box It works great and I just add disks as I need to ugrade storage. Best of all, it´s free for all.
@Chris, please do a vid about OVM and what you think of it.
Thank you for this nice video of Synology.
Thank you, Chris.
Just wanted to mention TruNAS is an alternative. Synology is great too.
Hi Chris i always enjoy ur vidz, i have something specific to ask u.
How do i make a remote connection to my home network from another pc not on my network in order to access my router shared hdd?
I have an Asustor NAS as it was more cost effective. Incredibly similar interface and functionality in the settings
Who else noticed the robot on the top panel
Still had twitch alerts on and someone decided to subscribe to my Twitch right when I started recording lol.
good 'ol bender
I personally just use an Odroid HC1 with Nextcloud on it. It's fast enough and that way I can use it on the go.
Backups are managed differently.
Btw, how do you manage your backups?
An Odroid costs $50. A single drive Synology costs $100. Yet they accomplish the same task: store your files. The only difference is the brand name and the fancy colorful gui.
I currently have a couple qnap NAS set up (yes im one of those "70TB is not enough" guys).. but i am very much considering a synology. some of the functions are done by my pfsense box so i would not need all the features but i am at that point where i need another Nas so great video on the features. I'll have to hunt up your set up video to compare with how synology compares to qnap there.
Just pinned a comment with all my past Synology videos.
Thank you!!!!! What dictates speed of downloads besides internet provider speed when accessing and downloading Fromm a synology drive using. Quick connect? Will using a vpn make downloads faster. Moving 20-30 gig photo file folders. We are pro photographers. Thank you
Hi, Thnks for great video, lots of information. But how do you setup the nas to be a mounted hd and acsess it over the internet? I use Lightroom Classic and I have an DS418play nas. Do I have to setup WEBdav? My router is Unifi USG. Thanks for eny tips or tricks how to set that up. Love to have all my files with me in the go :)
Help. Great video by the way. So I tried uploading files remotely using quickconnect. Around 5 GB of video. It was so slow, nothing happened after 1 whole hour. Any advice?
Hi Chris. Ive never had a NAS before, but I saw a QNAP TS-269 PRO with 2x Seagate 4tb drives for $150 for sale. I'm not a noob to Linux, but is this worth it in your opinion or should I go newer and another brand? Thanks
Great Vid, Im curious what your opinion is on unRaid. I recently switched to it from Synology after having 2 separate DS415 fail on me within 3 years and the struggles I pained through with their warranty process. My current unRaid server is Intel 10100 on mini-ITX, 5x12tb HHD, 2x256GB SSD Cache, 16GB Ram
good weekend ! chris ....
You too!
Thank you Chris for this review. Most informative.
I also utilize Synology Drive on a smaller Synology NAS than yours, but I also have it configured to back up to cloud via the iDrive service as an additional protective (offsite) measure.
You mentioned at one point about not having to use services like DropBox or iDrive. I understand your premise in not having to utilize 3rd party cloud services, but do you use a specific backup strategy (eg. on prem + cloud) to backup your backups?
I also know you use Ubiquity but I would love to see a port forwarding tutorial for Meraki appliances (MX65 in my case). I am currently forced to use QuickConnect as the MX65 does not seem to be compatible with the Router Configuration option in the External Access section of the Control Panel.
Anyway, love your videos and I am looking forward to more of them.
I used iDrive a long time ago probably 10+ years, but in recent years I really like Backblaze as a cheaper alternative and if I'm backing up less than 1TB I'll just use the Synology Backup service as it is pretty cheap as well. My backup strategy is pretty basic. Nightly backups to cloud with local snapshots and previous versions enabled.
For business if I was going to utilize a device like this, I would do local replication to an identical box and then push nightly cloud backups for disaster recovery. These things are so cheap and easy to replicate it makes no sense not to do something like this.
@@ChrisTitusTech OK thanks...much appreciated.
@@ChrisTitusTech When you write "nightly backups to cloud", which 'cloud' service are you backing up to? Or do you mean you backup *to* the Synology NAS nightly?
Can i use synology NAS like pCloud drive? I need a solution which works as same speed abd everything as pCloud. Thanks
File sync is good, but for some accounting software you need live simultaneous access to files from multiple PCs - is that supported as well remotely?
Since my switch to Linux a couple of months ago I'm very frustrated about not being able to mount my WD MyCloud NAS via Dolphin in Manjaro whereas it mounts without issue via macOS and I've yet to figure it out-WD (devices and support) seem to _not_ be Linux friendly and I think I might transfer all my files to a Synology device, wipe the WDMyCloud and trash it-or go Office Space on it and send it to Western Digital.
Hello, Chris! Why you not build NAS from pc, HDDs and Linux? It is cheaper
Really good video, thanks :)
Considering which NAS to buy, as Google has just said that from next summer, it is no longer free to store photos and video. But would like the smartness of being able to back up photos on the go, as well as see photos that are no longer in the phone's own warehouse anymore.
Have considered a WD My Cloud Home WDBVXC0040HWT but do not know if it can do it all?
Thanks for your great videos :)
Synology is very nice, however, I'm more inclined to build a normal box and either use the DSM clone on it, or my own stuff... I've seen big issues with them taking 2-3 weeks to return an RMA, which is terrible for a business env. choose carefully, and get 2 and mirror them.
No doubt when it comes to the RMA process with any company it takes a while. I generally recommend local replication with a cloud backup.
Thanks.
In 2014 a lot of Synology users got hit by ransomware called Synolocker. I disconnected my Synology from the internet right away never to connect it again. I only use my NAS locally now which limits its functionality. Can you give some advise on how to keep ransomware from infecting the NAS? For example: do we need a dedicated firewall like you seem to have?
Very cool
I've got a couple of Intel based QNAP units which hold all of my SMB and NFS shares, a couple of IP cameras and a few little VMs such as pihole etc and they are very useful but I'll probably look to replace them with synology units when the time comes because their software can be a little rough round the edges and you get niggling issues with them that can drive you nuts 😏
I've done QNAP a couple times in the past, they are good products, but I like Synology a bit better. Very similar in product offerings though. Synology does QuickConnect, Backup Solutions, and iSCSI better imo. QNAP I like the OpenVPN export better, as they do one inline file instead of the zip.
How does this work across the public internet? Is it encrypted end to end?
I actually bought WD My Home Cloud NAS but very disappointed it because it lacks so many features and very decent web gui. The Windows and Mac client app are horrible and drain so much power. Now, I regard it but when I bought it couple years ago I actually didn't did as much of research but now I really wanted to get Snology Drive now.
mini PC, 4TB storage drive , Debian 10 with Nextcloud works just fine for a lot less money.
FreeNAS FTW! (to be unified with TrueNAS soon).
First: Awesome video. Second, If someone has a server such as a Dell r710 with space for (I think 6?) drives, would you recommend Replacing all those drives with Bigger hard drives, or would it be just as effective to buy a synology and throw it on the network for the server to utilize? My server has about 300GB across 3 drives..so Synology is darn tempting! :)
Toss it, Hell the power consumption alone would pay for the box lol. Those r710 are loud, large, and not needed unless you are doing some type of virtualization clustering.
@@ChrisTitusTech ah, darn. Yes, exactly what i'm doing with it. Luckily i have it in the basement, but yeah. Could i be combined with a NAS to utilize for the clustering? So far, i'm only running 3 VMs on Prox Mox(Next Cloud/Ubuntu Server/Windows 10), but trying to learn more about them.
@@RandyHanley That is awesome the 710 would be the perfect test bed to learn more about virtualization. You won't be able to do clustering per se, but you can do replication using a VM from the 710 to practice this type of thing. It would be a fantastic way to learn the basics.
@@ChrisTitusTech Thank you sir!
Chris, what happens if the motherboard or controller breaks down?
How will you be able to access the discs?
Will you need to buy an identical model?
From my very recent experience: I’ve had a Synology DS118 (using nightly incremental Hyper Backup to an old Netgear Duo RAID NAS) for a couple of years. Two weeks ago I bought a Synology DS220+ and thought that I might be able to simply move the disk from the DS118 to the new NAS. You CAN do that if the models are identical, so that was not an option for me. There is also a migration route where the disk is moved to the new NAS and various on-screen options taken that preserve the data - but on the new NAS box. BUT, (and this is where the superb Synology documentation comes in), this was not an option as my DS118 was not on the “list” of devices that this works for. So I had to go with a 3rd option: Hyper Backup (remember the Netgear NAS) restore to the original disk(s) but in the new NAS. Now, I had the benefit of a fully functioning DS118 so was able to take a FULL backup - including the system configuration settings (user accounts, permissions etc.) and the application settings. Prior to the new NAS I’d just been backing up the folders - and now I know that if the DS118 unit had failed, I’d still have been able to restore the data, but it would have been a bit of a chore to reapply all the system and application settings. The more I use these Synology NAS units, the more that I am impressed with them. That being said, I wouldn’t open up anything to the internet that stores my precious data. I certainly would not use Quick Connect as that goes via 3rd party servers (Synology).
Hey Chris i have question. The last desktop setup i had with Manjaro Linux/Ryzen 3 w/ integrated graphics had a lag problem while using Kdenlive (audio wouldn’t sync with video when play/pausing preview). I am building a brand new setup, will using an intel processor provide with different results? Hardware suggestions for video/photo editing. Thanks in advance
Ey Chris i can‘t Open my windows defender. I checked my services it was it was set to manual I press start button then came a error message. Need you help.
I use syncthing on my synology and use it to sync my pictures off my phone.
Does openVPN work when you have a dynamic ip?
Hello
could you please share your sources.list file? I always have problems with repositories :/
So synology exposes some php based apps to the internet. Is it safe ? If there's a sql injection bug the whole server could be compromised ?
Anything is possible, but I haven't seen any exploits in relation to these types of boxes. However, I do recommend shutting down and only using the services you need like I showed in the video. Also make sure Fail2Ban and Firewall are both configured and enabled.
Do you need a static ip to use it from external network or any external connections are done via vpn?
No, you can also use dynamic DNS.
Literally got suggested this video while watching a Lil 'Nas' X song.
LOL, this comment made my day!
@@ChrisTitusTech Your reply made mine🥺
Wow
Nice making days
really? I thought viewers on this channel should know about Synology already.
I think it is nice... i have been a qnap fan boy for a long time. (my first nas was a WD EX4 and frankly i still have it but want to totally replace that. anyway i "know" about synology, but I have not set one up so comparing apples to oranges so to speak, and this video lets me decide whether the features in synology are at par with qnap, better, or worse, and i can make an informed decision about purchasing
Hey Chris. What's the program you use in order to play games on linux from your windows box? And is there any input lag or other problems with that?
I always disable UPNP.
Synology does not have apps for Linux. Bummer. Not everybody uses iOS or Android on their phone. ;)
The Linux phone ecosystem is still being made, but since it's Linux you can also use the web browser or secure a VPN connection and pull it up in the local file browser. I need to revisit my Linux phone experiment. Was thinking about getting the Pro1X
@@ChrisTitusTech Nice. There are a few other people who made videos about it on RUclips, maybe they have found something which you don't know yet, it is worth a shot.
I really need one of these for plex, tired of my desktop being the server.
Yup, Plex on these things are fantastic and you never have to worry about it being on. I would recommend a UPS for this to go into that way even if you have a power outage your movies never go down. The power consumption is extremely small and can last a long time on a UPS.
Plex doesn't sipport iso's. I'd rather go for kodi, you can copy your entire blu-ray including the menus.
Plex has various features kodi doesn't have. Make sure you really need them
@@TheKeule33 I actually started with kodi, went to plex (with lifetime license) and then since plex sort of stinks on IPTV went to emby. So far i have been very happy with emby. there are compromises on all of them in different areas so i think it gets down to where are you willing to compromise. kodi does IPTV for instance but no dvr... plex just... well doesnt really do iptv, and emby can do multiple iptv feeds and dvr. for me that was the kicker.
I have a Tp-LinkAX20 router.
We gonna name it...yo mama 😆
Why shouldn't I use Google Drive instead of this?
This is secure. Google Mines your data and businesses don't want that.
Not to mention you own this. With Google you pay them
If you are asking, Google drive is probably fine for you. For me, I simply can't afford paying hundreds of dollars per month for cloud storage. I would much prefer builing my own NAS.
because you cannot have Google Drive server in your house with full Gbit download/upload,
local NAS is much faster,
though if you ask about backup purposes, I'd say using multiple platforms adds to reliability :)
Because Google Drive is literally someone else's computer - never your own.
Accessing 'yomamma'...
Yo mama's so big, she wouldn't fit on that NAS! No, just kidding, she seems nice.
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I need a help how can I get rid of zida virus
The Stnology software is annoying, you can tell this is a paid promotion.
make these video's please dumber. Please