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Synology is well-known, and rightly so, for its wide range of NAS devices that range from small dual-bay options to far vaster cavernous capacities for power users, professionals, offices, and more. The Taiwanese-based storage and networking company has now forayed into simpler, but still robust and reliable, products for those with a less technical background with the BeeStation.

Storage and networking hardware vendor Synology will be showcasing its enterprise-level products and solutions at JuiceIT 2024, at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre this week, and the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre next week.

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Synology has introduced the DiskStation DS224+ and DS124 NAS devices.

COMPANY NEWS: Synology held its mini Computex showcase a stone's throw from the main event, in Taipei's POPOP art space. It made for a more-relaxed, less-noisy presentation of the company's current thinking and new products. There were many interesting announcements with one being that ALL third-party hard drives would stop being supported in Enterprise products. Here's the video and a brief description of what's in it. 

Synology Hardware

We started off seeing the refreshed DS3622XS+ NAS which has 14, 3.5-inch drive bays and is suitable for SMBs that don’t have rackmount infrastructure. A smaller version was the eight-bay, DS1823xs+.

This was followed by seeing the latest network cards which can boost SMB NAS’ network speed by up to 10Gbps. Some work on PCIe cards while others use a bespoke, Synology connector.

Next up was the latest DS923+ which us a four-bay, prosumer NAS that Synology calls its flagship model owing to its sweet-spot popularity. Next to it was the two-bay DS723+. Both support network card upgrades and Synology’s bespoke NVMe solid-state hard drives.

Synology then showed us its latest, Enterprise hard drives. It also told us that it was completely cutting ties with third-party manufacturers for these product lines because it had had enough of finger-pointing disputes with drive makers when partners had any RMA issues. Apparently, firmware updates with previously certified drives from the likes of WD and Seagate were also causing havoc in this regard.

We then saw Synology’s SSDs which are very heavily certified for reliability and stability. They only go to a 800GB capacity to avoid thermal issues. We were told that there’s no increased capacity on the roadmap, yet.

Next up was Synology’s Surveillance-based NAS series which uses a discreet Nvidia GPU to run AI analytics. The DVA3221 NAS was one example that we saw.

Moving on, we saw Synology’s new surveillance cameras the BC500 and the TC500. These are PoE-powered cameras whose major USP is that they’re not made in China(!) They can also tell the difference between a car and a person. Plus, when tethered to Synology’s Surveillance Station, can identify the difference between a human and a cat!

Collaboration

After seeing Synology’s latest hardware, we moved to other zones which showed-off key elements of Synology’s popular, core, DSM ecosystem. This included new Office functionality which embraces AI to create and translate content (including emails) across all of its apps and add the results to various styles of presentations.

Data Management

We were reminded that many businesses are required to back-up their cloud-based data, even if it’s stored in the likes of Google Drive and Office 365 and that Synology supports this.

Active Backup can also back-up hundreds of office PCs and use Snapshots to create a single, disaster-recovery solution. The system also uses File and LUN (Logical Unit Number) versioning with multi-node replication and failover support to boost data integrity and help prevent data loss with ransomware attacks.

Changed Block Tracking (CBT) and de-duplication ensure that back-ups are done quickly and efficiently and that granular recovery is quick and easy.

Surveillance

Surveillance Station is also free and simple to use… you simply connect cameras via a third-party PoE switch.

It enables multiple-camera recording at scale, with centralised camera management, failover support plus, flexible on-prem and cloud archiving.

Cloud

We learned that Synology Cloud – called C2 – also makes syncing data between different NAS boxes in different locations simpler than ever.

C2 Backup protects personal and business files in a centralised cloud; C2 Identity can manage users and devices from a central location as well as performing maintenance tasks; C2 Object Storage is an S3-compatible, global object storage service; C2 Password is a corporate-grade password manager; C2 Transfer can send files securely across an encrypted and secure connection.

Meanwhile, Hybrid Cloud solutions include: Active Insight for remote troubleshooting and device health monitoring on a centralised dashboard, C2 Storage for Hyper Backup and Hybrid Share plus C2 surveillance for an extra cloud-based layer to Surveillance Station.

And finally…

Another highlight was the brand new BeeDrive which is an enhanced, personal backup hub that’s 1TB or 2TB in size. It can simply wirelessly transfer a photo from a mobile device to a tethered PC in one-click! It will be available in Australia imminently.

Storage and network hardware provider Synology has announced the release of two new four-bay Synology DiskStations, providing all-in-one storage solutions for home offices and small businesses.

Synology has announced its brand new two-bay Synology DiskStation DS723+ NAS, the smallest expandable option in its lineup of all-in-one solutions for home offices and small businesses.

Synology is well-known for its impressive range of NAS products, and while you might typically think of a NAS as providing local file storage, it can do much more. In fact, you can end Google Drive’s endless out-of-space notifications with Synology Drive.

Synology has a strong reputation for its NAS systems and it’s so easy to see why; the DiskStation Manager (aka DSM) software is so easy to use, the hardware is robust and versatile, and the platform is hugely extensible from serving files, naturally, to running all kinds of applications and servers.

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Synology is well-known for its range of NAS systems and its powerful DSM operating system. The company has now launched its new HAS5300 series of hard drives for high-capacity, high-performance, and resilient storage. The drives are optimised for performance with Synology products and come in capacities up to 16TB.

NAS vendor Synology has announced version 7.0 of its DiskStation Manager (DSM) operating system software is now available for all Synology J, Value, and Plus series devices as a free upgrade. Updates for all other product series will be available over the coming months. DSM 7.0 has been in development for over three years and brings thousands of improvements to Synology NAS users.

Guest Review: There are many reasons that you may want to back up your Office 365 data. The most common reasons I see are data sovereignty and compliance laws that require data to be stored in-country or customers that want a backup plan for their cloud data.

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The Synology DS220+ NAS provides you with the storage, features, and online access to roll your own Google Photos replacement now Google is charging for space. Also, Synology is giving one away free - maybe you will be the lucky winner.

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Taiwanese network-attached storage (NAS) vendor, Synology, released its new Synology DS1621+ DiskStation desktop model late last year, along with a beta version of the DSM 7.0 software that drives it. Together, they make an unbeatable combination for your own file storage, blog hosting, virtual machine manager, Office 365 or GSuite backup, and whatever else you can throw at it.

Taiwanese network-attached storage (NAS) vendor, Synology, released its new Synology DS1621+ DiskStation desktop model late last year, along with a beta version of the DSM 7.0 software that drives it. Together, they make an unbeatable combination for your own file storage, blog hosting, virtual machine manager, Office 365 or GSuite backup, and whatever else you can throw at it.

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