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.

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?

phpMyAdmin: No activity within 1440 seconds; please log in again.

6 August 202026 August 2019 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Are you using phpMyAdmin as your development interface on Synology Nas and keep getting logged out after +/− 24 minutes? That is phpMyAdmin default security policy: if you are not being active or browsing on the browser for more than 1440 seconds, you will be logged out with the message “No activity within 1440 seconds; … Read more about phpMyAdmin: No activity within 1440 seconds; please log in again.

Synology: Migration From DS718+ to DS1019+

10 August 202224 August 2019 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

You have unpacked your new Synology Nas DS1019+ and the old one (DS718+) is sitting right next to it. At this point, you ask yourself: how do I get all the data from my old Nas onto my new NAS? In my opinion, the fastest and overall best way is to simply put the old … Read more about Synology: Migration From DS718+ to DS1019+

Synology: Migration From DS218+ to DS1019+

21 December 202124 August 2019 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

You have unpacked your new Synology NAS DS1019+ and the old one (DS218+) is sitting right next to it. At this point, you ask yourself: how do I get all the data from my old NAS onto my new NAS? In my opinion, the fastest and overall best way is to simply put the old … Read more about Synology: Migration From DS218+ to DS1019+