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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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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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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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Uniquely identify DiskStation in email report

I'm administering multiple DiskStations, each of which sends out all its status reports to me. Unfortunately, in the default configuration all of these emails look the same and I often have a hard time figuring out which of my DiskStations actually…
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Using different MailServer for special Users in the same domain

I'm new to this topic, so please have forbearance, if this is a dumb question. At the Moment, we use GMail for all Mailaddresses. To save some money, the idea is, to use an own mailserver for the majority of the addresses, because they are only used…
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php open_basedir not working as expected on synology nas

I'm trying to install gitlist on my synology NAS (DSM 5.2). I downloaded and configured gitlist in config.ini and pointed it to my repositories folder (/var/services/homes/git/repo). But when I try to access the application I get this…
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Synology open for Cloud Station even if blocking 6690 port

I have a NAS Synology beyong my Internet Box. On the Internet Box, I have UPnP not activated and I have only activated on Port Transfer the following ports : 1701/UDP, 500/UDP and 4500/UDP which are usefull for my L2TP VPN. Even that, my Cloud…
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Mount NFS Share Windows Server 2012

I'm trying to mount an NFS share setup on my Synology Server to my Windows Server 2012 server. Here's what I've tried: net use Z: \[ip address][share folder] /user:xxxxx [password]' mount -user:xxx -p:MyPassword \[ip address][share folder]\…
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Shrinking LVM Volumes

We have a Synology RS3614rpxs NAS head containing (9) 3TB hard drives in a RAID 6 + 1 hot spare. The storage became exhausted and we added an expansion chassis where 5TB hard drivers were installed with the intention of creating a second array…
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How do I migrate data from an older Synology NAS to a newer one?

I have just purchased a DS213j. I have an older single single bay unit that I would like to migrate the data from. Because the previous unit is a one bay, there is no official migration path. Synology support just pointed me to the migration page,…
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Running RAID 6 with a smaller drive

It looks like one of my hard drives failed in our RAID 6 (4 x 2TB) configuration. Unfortunately, I only have immediate access to a 1TB drive. Would there be an issue with temporarily replacing the 2TB with a 1TB drive? At this time, we are consuming…
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Is it possible to choose the Amazon Glacier Vault when backing up from Synology NAS?

I am using Amazon Glacier Backup on a Synology NAS (rackstation). But the Synology backup software for glacier does not allow me to choose the vault to backup to. This means I can not give my own name to the vault, but also I can not backup to a…
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