Defragmentation, also known as “defrag” or “defragging”, is the process of reorganizing the data stored on your Synology NAS hard drives so that related pieces of data are put back together, all lined up in a continuous fashion. You could say that defragmentation is like cleaning house for your NAS – it picks up all of … Read more about Synology: How to Defrag Your Hard Drives on DSM 7
Everyone who has upgraded to DSM 7 RC has certainly noticed that the exFAT package that used to be available for a fee of 3.99 USD on DSM 6.2.4 is now free on DSM 7. In response to Microsoft’s announcement to integrate exFAT into the Linux kernel in 2019, Synology has updated the license agreement … Read more about Synology: exFAT Package Is Now Free on DSM 7
Do you remember my article where I explained how to find your NAS user ID (PUID) and group ID (PGID)? In said article, you needed to use some terminal commands to find these values. Many of you have asked me if there is a method to find these values without having to use the terminal. … Read more about Synology: Find UID (userID) and GID (groupID) in 5 Seconds
Without a doubt, after installing several images on your Synology NAS using the Docker package, you are wondering how to update your containers quickly and easily. If you have installed some Docker Containers by following the guides in this blog, you may need updates for your containers. Read on to find out how to update … Read more about Synology: How to Update Docker Image
DSM 7 has undergone some changes and these changes are also reflected on the way you use FTP on your Synology NAS. Your Synology NAS unit can become a real FTP Server and you can even create different accounts for each individual user you want. FTP was very popular 10-15 years ago, and even today … Read more about Synology: How to Set Up FTP on DSM 7
Today I happened to notice that my Synology NAS was using up more disk space than it should have. I didn’t understand right away why this was happening, but then I remembered that over the last few months I had installed several images for Docker for various containers. The funny thing is that “junk” images … Read more about Synology: How to Free Disk Space on Your NAS if You Run Docker