Have you noticed that you no longer have space on your Synology NAS HDD/SSD disks? If you remember, there are some Synology Packages that will use up more space than expected: Cloud Station/Drive: If you use Cloud Station/Drive to synchronize folders, know that syncing shared folders requires twice the space of the shared folders for … Read more about Why Is My Synology NAS Storage Space Full?
Some Synology users have very recently contacted me to report that their operating system was upgraded via automatic update to a new DSM version called 7.1-42550. This latest DSM version is a beta version and it’s advisable to be careful with it so do not activate automatic updates, if you haven’t yet, that is. Most … Read more about Synology: DSM 7.1-42550 Beta
Did you connect your Reolink surveillance camera via the ethernet cable and power supply? Are you ready to set up your camera using the new Synology Surveillance Station 9? In this article I will explain how to add your Reolink camera(s) in Surveillance Station and enjoy your own video surveillance system operational from your very NAS … Read more about Synology: How to Add Reolink Cameras to Surveillance Station
Did you know USB 3.0, the third major revision to the Universal Serial Bus (USB) standard, has recently been renamed USB 3.1 Gen 1 by the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF)? However, there are no changes to the technical specifications. USB 3.1 Gen 1 (USB 3.0) offers the same ease of use and plug-and-play capabilities as … Read more about Can I Connect USB 3.1 Disk to Synology USB 3.0 Port?
Flame is a self-hosted dashboard for your server that also doubles as a start page. Flame is very easy to set up and use which is why I like it so much. With built-in editors, it allows you to set up your very own application hub in no time; and no file editing is necessary. … Read more about Synology: Flame Docker Version 2.0
At the beginning of January 2022 Pi-hole released version 5.8.1 of their product and today, version 5.9 is out. You can install it for free on your Synology NAS using my handy guide. Pi-hole is a Linux network-level advertisement and Internet tracker blocking application which acts as a DNS sinkhole, and optionally a DHCP server, … Read more about Synology: Pi-hole Docker Version 5.9