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Synology is a company best known for its Network Attached Storage (NAS) product line.

Synology is a Taiwanese company which mainly produces NAS for consumer, prosumer and business.

The Synology's NAS are basically small form factor computers (ARM or Atom based) with a small Linux OS embedded.

More information on Wikipedia: Synology article

Synology web site: www.synology.com

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NIC Team not achieving full Throughput

I'm trying to achieve 4Gbps throughput between my computer and my Synology Nas. Unfortunately I am only getting 1Gbps speeds between these systems. My setup is below: Synology DS1515+ with 4 NICS bonded: Windows 10 Enterprise system with a 4 port…
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Five-disk RAID configuration for media/archival server

I manage the media archival server for a small photography and graphic design business. We use a five-bay Synology DiskStation 1512+ to archive completed projects and to store TimeMachine backups. I have rebuilt the array a couple of times over the…
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Small VMDK file

I have a brand new VMWare ESXi 6.5 standalone host. I created a VM and installed Ubuntu 16.04.1 server onto it. I noticed that the VMDK file is only 549 bytes after installation. The VM runs just fine. Can somebody explain why the VMDK file is so…
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Recover the file system from a corrupted RAID1

TL;DR How to recover the ext4 file system from a corrupted RAID1 partition? My situation I have one failed disk that belonged to an RAID1 array on a Synology DiskStation, the other one is lost. Using ddrescue I've copied most of the relevant…
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Let's Encrypt: use Subject Alternative Name for internal domain

My Synology NAS is capable of running the web interface via HTTPS. By default, you access the NAS via its name (say, mynas) so http(s)://myname:5001 or http(s)://myname.local. It defaults to an SSL certificate for synology.com. You can create a new…
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Synology VPN server limits the maximum number of concurent connections on DS216j with DSM 6.0

In Synology DiskStation DS216j with DSM 6.0 in the settings of VPN server for PPTP, OpenVPN and L2TP, there is a line "Maximum connection number" with possible options just 3 or 5. According to Synology KnowledgeBase, its purpose is "to limit the…
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With OpenVPN how can I only let LAN go through the VPN?

So I have the following setup: Now from home I like to make a connection through OpenVPN to access my LAN from work. So I edit the config of the OpenVPN client on my home computer to: remote 180.135.0.10 1194 Now I can connect to it but it won't…
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Impossible to use the Package Center after upgrading DSM

I have just updated the DSM of a Synology Nas. DSM 5.2-5644 Update 2. It seems now I can no longer use the Package center. But, as I have not used the Package Center for a long time, I'm not 100% the issue is related to this DSM upgrade. When…
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Best RAID config for Data Backup NAS?

Currently looking in to a NAS backup solution which will primarily be used for storing images of a few employees laptops and also storing some internal data. Most likely going to go with the Synology DiskStation DS415+ 4 Bay Enclosure and some WD…
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ESXI 5.5 NFS to NFS copy is slow

i'm running esxi 5.5u2 standalone with 3 datastores , (local , netapp (nfs) and synology (nfs ) There are two Gigabit network adapters configured. One per vswitch. One for storage and the other for management. the two adapter and Nas are on the…
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synology ds212j slow transfer speed

I have Synology DS212j and I'm getting REALLY slow transfer speed, about ~10MB/s. I used following knowledge base in order to troubleshoot it: What should I do if file transfers are slow? - FAQ - Synology - Network Attached Storage (NAS) Network…
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VMware ESXi <> Synology NFS Share (Physical Switch Redundancy)

This is my storage network: ESXi Host(Dual 10gb NICs) >> 2xNetgear xs712T >> Synology RS10613xs+ (Dual 10gb NICs) ESXi vmnic1 >> NG Switch 1 >> Syn NIC 1 ESXi vmnic2 >> NG Switch 2 >> Syn NIC 2 Hello. My Synology device performs better using NFS…
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fail2ban error on setting iptables on Synology NAS

I setup fail2ban 0.9.1 on my Synology NAS to handle failed SSH attempts. When I startup the jail I get the following errors in fail2ban.log: 2015-02-01 17:22:52,394 fail2ban.jail [30576]: INFO Jail 'ssh-iptables-syno' started 2015-02-01…
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NUT UPS-Dummy driver in repeater mode for Synology NAS

I have a NUT client that requires the UPS it monitors to be named ups. The client (a Synology NAS) does not provide a method to change this configuration. My setup consists of multiple UPSes monitored by a single master and I'd rather not have 1/4…
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Cannot connect to my L2TP IPSec VPN

I am trying to get my VPN (L2TP IPSec PSK) to work. I have a Synology NAS where I have setup everything as it says on the Synology support page. In my Asus RT-N66U router I have opened UDP ports 500, 1701 and 4500 for port forwarding to my NAS that…
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