Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Marius Bogdan Lixandru is a highly experienced content creator from Romania with a background in biology, chemistry and computer programming. He loves writing technical guides that are accessible for non-technical people. Born in 1984, he has always expressed interest in technology. Beyond technology and biology, he has a passion for agriculture, the science and beauty of which have encouraged him to start his own vegetable garden and plant dozens of fruit-bearing trees with fragrant and succulent, sweet and sour fruits. When he’s not losing nights uncovering the deepest hidden secrets of the latest tech devices, he’s likely enjoying a refreshing slice of juicy, honey-sweet watermelon, sluggishly lying on the grass in his orchard, sitting in the shade under the trees he himself has planted. Torpid summer days accompanied by cicada sounds and greeted by his smiling wife and happy, tail-wagging presence of his two mioritic shepherd dogs are some of the simpler pleasures in life that help him recharge his batteries to take on the latest tech challenges. Support My Work and Feel free to contact me.

Synology PHP 7.3 Settings and Extensions for Joomla

3 November 20204 September 2019 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

If you have Joomla installed on your Synology, surely you have wondered which of the php extensions you need to activate for it to work. Below is a short guide that explains what you need to activate. First of all, open the application called Web Station. Once opened, go to PHP settings and then EDIT. … Read more about Synology PHP 7.3 Settings and Extensions for Joomla

How to Disable Synology Monthly Drive Health Report

27 December 20191 September 2019 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Do you want to be notified of drive issues, but not receive a monthly “email” report that says no issues were detected? Are you wondering how to turn off the monthly Disk Health report emails? Follow this simple guide to disable monthly emails about the “optimal” health status of your disks, while you keep receiving … Read more about How to Disable Synology Monthly Drive Health Report

How to Use Synology as a Local DNS Cache

27 December 201931 August 2019 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Did you know it is totally unnecessary to have all your computers, laptops or desktops, tablets or mobile phones ask your router to resolve domain names to an external DNS server whenever you click a link or enter a domain name? Why not have something that sits on your local network and forwards unknown DNS … Read more about How to Use Synology as a Local DNS Cache

How to Set Up FTP on Your Synology NAS

24 October 202130 August 2019 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

In order to use FTP on your Synology NAS you must first create an “FTP” user and activate FTP File services. Once the FTP user has been created, read the article where I explain the differences between FTP, SFTP and FTPS. These steps are mandatory if you want to become a real expert in using … Read more about How to Set Up FTP on Your Synology NAS

Synology: RAID 1 is not Backup

10 August 202029 August 2019 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

What is RAID 1? On Synology Nas, RAID 1 is most often implemented with two drives. Data on the drives are mirrored, providing fault tolerance in case of drive failure. Read performance is increased while write performance is similar to that of a single drive. A single drive failure can be sustained without data loss. … Read more about Synology: RAID 1 is not Backup

What’s a Good Operating Temperature For My Synology?

28 August 2019 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

First of all you need to know that your Synology temperature may be affected by several more or less important factors that I will address below. Synology Nas system temperature status is indicated by green or orange lights. Green: The system temperature status is normal. Orange: Your Synology Nas temperature is too high. If the … Read more about What’s a Good Operating Temperature For My Synology?