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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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Parts of Synology down or a local issue?

I have a Synology NAS DS214+ appliance, which lately has started working wierdly. I started looking into this, after seeing problem with Synology Package Center, same as in this question: Impossible to use the Package Center after upgrading…
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Copy Windows files to SMB share (Synology) and keep all properties

I have a network drive with files that need to move to a new Synology NAS SMB network share. I'd like to transfer the files while keeping as much properties as possible. I tried robocopy and fastcopy, but these tools don't do the trick. The…
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Windows 10 Pro workstation can no longer access Synology File Share

Note that I have also cross posted this to Synology forums. I'm posting here because I'm not sure if the problem is with Windows or with the Synology server: Background Dozens of workstations with several Synology servers. All workstations running…
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Avoiding same batch of drives being mirrored in a mdraid 10 Linux array

root@RS3617RPxs:~# cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [linear] [raid0] [raid1] [raid10] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [raidF1] md3 : active raid10 sde3[8] sdl3[7] sdk3[6] sdj3[5] sdi3[4] sdh3[3] sdg3[2] sdf3[1] 15608786176 blocks super 1.2 64K chunks…
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synology docker rocket chat setup

I have a question reg. running RocketChat from a Synology NAS DS415+ The Docker is a GUI version installed from Package Center. You download the image and launch a container - then run through a UI setup of that container. I launched a mongo:latest…
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How to change DNS resolution order with OpenVPN on Synology?

I have a Synology DSM which is configured to use VPN clint to connect to company intranet. OpenVPN connection is stable but the DNS servers are not added to the top of the resolve list. Instead it seems that they are added in the middle: cat…
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Log in to SSH without home directory Synology

I need a knight in shining armour.. go internet! I have a failed volume on my Synology NAS. In DSM6 they have 'removed' the root user. - the only user which doesn't have a home dir. To recover, we need to log into ssh. When we log in as admin, it…
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Synology VPN Server behind router + tethered mobile hotspot

I would like to connect to my Synology VPN Server from an external location. I was able to successfully setup the Synology VPN Server and connect it through the local LAN. However, I'm unable to connect to it from an external IP. Setup: Synology…
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Synology Cloud Sync and Encryption

i would like encrypt data on my Synology NAS and allow bidirectionnal sync with Google Drive. Which means the data on the NAS itself would be encrypted then sent to Google Drive encrypted, but still be readable on the cloud if you have the key,…
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Migrating Raid 1 to Raid 10, data loss?

I would like to ask if my method of migrating from existing Raid 1 to Raid 10 will cause any data loss. I currently have a Synology DS 1515+, 5 Bays with 2 HDD in placed. 1st bay : 5Tb 2nd bay : 5Tb Currently, it's in raid 1 and one of the disk…
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Synology 712+ Added larger drives but available space not showing

I have a Synology 712+ with a SHR volume on the system. I had two 4tb drives and replaced them with 8tb drives. The system shows both drives as 7.28 tb but do not allow me to use more than 4tbs of space. I replaced one drive, let the system…
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Name resolution for Synology servers sometimes not working

I'm not really sure if this is a Synology issue or a Windows issue. I'm running all Windows 10 Pro machines on a Windows Server 2012 R2 domain. With somewhat disturbing frequency (let's say 5% of the time), UNC paths to my Synology boxes don't work…
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rsync - use another user in "uid" than root

I'm trying to define a RSync Backup Job in Hyper Backup of Synology DS to backup my files from Synology DS to a Linux Server running Ubunut 14.04. Here is a copy of my rsync.conf file use chroot = true read only = false uid = rsync-user gid =…
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Synology NAS ssh key auth not working

I follow the directions here on how to setup ssh key auth on my synology NAS. These are typical linux configurations so nothing special; I include the link for reference. This gets me ssh root@ but what I want is user specific login. So, I…
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Synology - How to grant terminal access to a user without adding them to administrator group?

I am managing a Synology DS1813+ NAS server that holds data and files for a few dozen users. I was told by Synology support team that the only way to grant a user terminal access is by giving them full admin rights, which sounds outright unsafe to…
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