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Short and clear: which type of Nextcloud installation should I choose - LXC, VM or Docker?

Nextcloud is a popular solution for creating your own cloud data storage. In this article, we will look at various ways to install Nextcloud, their pros and cons. To begin with, there are several ways to install Nextcloud: directly on the server, in a virtual machine, in Docker manually or in Docker via the automatic AIO stack. You can also install Nextcloud in an LXC container. Nextcloud is a popular solution for creating your own cloud data storage. In this article, we will look at various ...
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What can Synology be replaced with in the conditions of sanctions. Part 2: Choosing a software

The most difficult thing is not even to pick up packages to replace Synology services with free ones, but to support their work, promptly responding to glitches and updates. This is not an easy, but doable task that can be completed in a few weeks. Installing applications, configuring services Having planned the storage, I proceed to installing the software. Docker is already installed, and now I will install MergerFS and SnapRAID file system support for the archived data array. For example ...
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What can Synology be replaced with in the conditions of sanctions. Part 1: Choosing a stable platform.

You are very lucky if you used the NAS's of this company only for storing files: you will easily find a replacement for yourself. It's much worse if your business is actively tied to DSM services, including those related to virtualization, video surveillance, backups and fault tolerance. After the events of February 2022, Synology was one of the first to file for divorce and leave the Russian market. This means that any other market is not immune from the fact that the company does not fall ...
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Exclusive interview with Synology GmbH CEO Jeffrey Huang

Will Vendor Lock be implemented, how did the company survive the mining fever, how does it look at Web3 and decentralization, ZFS and RAID 2.0+, will DSM be sold separately? We are talking about this and other topics with the CEO of Synology. - I would like to start the conversation with a question about the home user market. When Synology was just starting out, the NAS was a mystery to the average person, and most PC and laptop owners did not understand what it was for. Now, after so many ...
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Impregnable NAS: hardening and protecting Synology

... running on the NAS via Virtual Machine Manager. For some special situations ... . Modern processors on which Synology NASS are built support hardware ... used for Linux clients and VMware ESXi hypervisors, is also ... requested or rarely. Here Synology offers encryption of shared folders ... such as Active Backup or Virtual Machine Manager, cannot use it as storage ... you can transfer to the Virtual Machine Manager hypervisor. In NAS-s built on ... default, because not even every hypervisor requires it, and speed ...
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Synology RS4021xs+review. An inexpensive NAS that has everything!

We have a typical business NAS of the Mainstream class: with two 10-Gigabit network ports, a fault-tolerant power supply unit and an 8-core Intel Xeon D-1541 processor. This is a solution for most large and small organizations, which can be assigned to file sharing on the network, backup and operation of various services. In the Synology corporate storage line, the RS40xx series is the main workhorse, on the basis of which you can solve most tasks in small and medium-sized businesses. This ...
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Lenovo ThinkAgile VX3320 review - a hyperconverged solution for simplified enterprise-wide vSAN deployment

Hyperconverged systems are rapidly gaining popularity and are already becoming the standard for building virtualization platforms in the corporate environment. Lenovo has released a special series of servers for installing and running VMware vSAN with tools for simplified administration and deployment at the customer's facility. The ideology of hyperconvergent solutions using VMware technologies has its advantages: this is a relatively low cost at the start, and the ability to scale almost ...
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What's new in Synology DSM 7? We analyze 7 improvements for a business customer

... the description of innovations that Synology provided to journalists takes up ... - Russia, Ukraine, CIS, Turkey - Synology : We were often asked by ... from VMWare ESXi directly to the NAS's built-in hypervisor? ... to the built-in hypervisor can be smoothly migrated ... note: Synology Virtual Machine Manager allows you to migrate virtual machines from VMware and ... (which Gartner quotes above Synology), this service is usually ... were not written for Docker, Virtual Machine Manager, or any other applications, ...
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Synology FlashStation FS6400 review - testing speed and getting to know Synology branded SSDs

... memory controller, but the Synology FS6400 starter kit is implemented ... and Virtual Machine Manager would put an end to the development of Synology ... some examples: Failover Virtualization Cluster Synology MailPlus - testing a failover ... with VMware infrastructure, you can take advantage of the free Synology ... the web interface of the hypervisor, as well as increase ... 3 x Synology SAT 5200, 480Gb, RAID5 BTRFS OS: VMware ESXi 6 ... (reverse consolidation process), and Synology offers something else. I would ...
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We test the function of face recognition in video surveillance on Synology DVA3219

Artificial intelligence is marching to the masses, and now NAS has the ability to recognize faces and classify objects in the video surveillance system. Now you can configure and send alerts for security guards, automatically open locks or use IoT algorithms depending on who exactly is in the camera's field of view. Many corporate buyers of Synology NAS are choosing these video surveillance solutions because, since time immemorial, the company has provided a simple and effective security ...