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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

A modern NAS is quite capable of protecting itself from most attacks and guaranteeing not only the continuity of the service, but also the inviolability of the stored data. Even with minimal settings and following the manufacturer's recommendations, the NAS can become an impregnable fortress for an attacker, so reliable that you can connect the device directly to the Internet without a Firewall, leave it literally in an unguarded place (which is important for peripheral installations), being ...
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Synology RS4021xs+review. An inexpensive NAS that has everything!

... general file sharing needs. Synology nass perform such tasks independently ... that the customer who purchases Synology RS40xx already understands which ... able to run in the Synology Virtual Machine Manager virtual machine or in ... Synology RS4021XS+ has 1x 16 GB RAM module installed. When using virtualization ... is not specified what technologies Synology used to achieve advantages ... or even to its own virtualization system on it. Our record ... for the built-in virtualization tools, Synology allows you to build ...
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What's new in Synology DSM 7? We analyze 7 improvements for a business customer

The latest innovations in the 7th version of DSM for business users: here you will find support for the Fibre Channel Protocol, acceleration of RAID functions, a redesigned SSD cache, and a new infrastructure monitoring tool... I'm not wrong to say that Synology's DSM 7.0 has become one of the most anticipated operating systems in the world (along with iOS and Android), and is certainly the most desired release in the world of storage systems. In the spirit of modernity, "seven" ...
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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 ... Protection is also implemented in Synology SAT5200 drives. What's ... it seemed that virtualization through Docker and Virtual Machine Manager would put an end ... to the development of Synology software ... Here are some examples: Failover Virtualization Cluster Synology MailPlus - testing a failover ... convergence (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 ...
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Storage and backup of virtual machines on QNAP NAS

In small companies, NAS can significantly reduce infrastructure costs. Those who decommissioned servers yesterday by moving resources to the NAS are canceling their subscriptions to the software that QNAP performs out of the box today. And now the time has come when QNAP swooped down on the sacred: the reservation of virtual machines. In 2019, the world market for backup and data recovery software, according to estimates by Allied Market Research, amounted to $ 9.3 billion. An article of ...
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Synology SA3200D review: dual-controller NAS with all services, virtualization and Docker

This model is the only NAS of its kind that achieves Active-Passive fault tolerance not only for file protocols, but also for embedded software, including video surveillance, virtualization server, backup and containers . The ink hasn't dried yet in our review of the dual-controller iSCSI storage we are already testing Synology a logical continuation of the two-controller series of storage systems from the same manufacturer: a full-fledged NAS, made according to the fault-tolerant Active- ...