Welcome to the ‘Synology’ tag at TDSheridan Lab, your comprehensive guide to the world of Synology products and solutions. Synology, known for its robust network-attached storage (NAS) devices, offers a wide range of solutions for data storage, management, and networking. This tag is dedicated to providing you with insightful content, from basic setup to advanced applications of Synology’s versatile products.
Our focus extends to exploring the capabilities and features of their NAS systems, which are renowned for their reliability, scalability, and user-friendly interface. Whether you are a home user looking to store personal data or a business seeking efficient data management solutions, understanding the full potential of these NAS devices is crucial. We delve into various aspects, including data backup, file sharing, multimedia handling, and more, to help you maximize your Synology NAS experience.
Furthermore, the ‘discuss integrating Synology products into various environments. We provide practical advice on using Synology’s DiskStation Manager (DSM) operating system, exploring its applications, add-on packages, and customization options. Whether it’s for surveillance, virtualization, or cloud services, Synology’s DSM offers a flexible platform to cater to diverse needs.
Join us under the ‘Synology’ tag at TDSheridan Lab, where we navigate the multifaceted world of Synology products. Our goal is to empower you with the knowledge and tools to effectively utilize their solutions, enhancing your data management and networking capabilities. Whether you’re a novice or an experienced user, our content is designed to provide valuable insights and practical tips for making the most of Synology’s innovative technology.
In the world of network-attached storage (NAS), Synology stands out for its innovative solutions that cater to a wide range of data storage needs. Among its many features, SSD caching is a game-changer, significantly enhancing the performance of Synology NAS systems. This blog post delves into the intricacies of implementing SSD caching on your Synology…
Introduction A large majority of us have moved our Email to Office 365, we need to back it up. Luckily Synology has a cost-effective solution for that. The Synology Active Backup for Office 365 is a cost-effective solution that is simple to deploy to protect your entire Microsoft 365 tenant’s data. Let’s take a look…
Introduction In this tutorial, we will be showing you how to set up the Synology Key Manager to securely store and manage your encryption keys. We will cover the basics of setting up and configuring the Key Manager, as well as how to manage keys, and how to use them to encrypt and decrypt data….
Back on March 10th, 2019 I posted a blog post ripping Synology for the long delay in updating Active Backup for Business for VMWare ESXi 6.7 Update 1. Well my original criticism still stands about having to wait almost year for 6.7 stands, but I’m happy to announce that version Synology Active Backup for Business…
Update Synology Fixed the Synology Active Backup ESXi 6.7 issue Finally! Introduction Just as an FYI. The other night I was messing around with side Linux VM and I was shotgun blasting 2+ years of updates to it. During the process I reached the point where I decided “Screw it, restore from backups and start…
Introduction If you’re like me then you probably have a server at home running various like VMWare, Hyper-V, plex, a web site, owncloud, etc. And if you’re already running all of that stuff then it’s not that hard to spin up another virtual machine to run some type of monitoring solution. Whether that is PRTG…
Introduction We have finally made it. We’ve made it to the last section of this project. Now that we’ve set up the main services on the NAS and moved our files to it. Let back it up just in case the whole thing implodes (*knocks on wood). There is a lot of options between Cloud…
Introduction As some of you know, Veeam the leader in virtualization backup released backup solutions for bare metal machines last year. The Veeam Agent for Windows or Linux is a simple standalone program that runs on a physical server or workstation and can back up to external hard drive, Veeam Backup and Replication Repository, or…
Introduction Cloud Storage is great! it allows you to have flexibility of where some (or all) of your data is and can be accessed from almost anywhere. The down side is that the only thing that is really protecting that data is a password. Side note whenever possible enable 2 factor authentication for everything. While…
Introduction We are moving right along through this multi-post Synology NAS series and now we’re starting to get to a very important topic, Backup. At home I have both windows and mac computers, public cloud storage, and virtual machines that need to be backed up. In the next couple of posts we’ll be going over…