Al Rasheed – A personal Blog about IT related subjects.
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As defined by Synology, Virtual Machine Manager (Synology VMM) lets you build a cost-effective and easily managed virtualization environment by combining computing, storage, and networking resources on a single hardware platform. The purpose of this blog post is to provide the guidance and the steps needed to install and configure the Synology Virtual Machine Manager… Continue Reading →
The topic of how to create a WriteOnce Shared folder on a Synology NAS recently came up and it’s something I’ve read about but never dug deep into so I figured why not do so now. Defined by Synology is a WORM (Write Once, Read Many) based technology that restricts changes and deletions of your… Continue Reading →
The purpose of this blog post is to provide the guidance and the steps needed to update the DSM (DiskStation Manager) on my Synology DS723. DSM is the operating system that powers every Synology NAS. Please keep in mind, I was prompted to enable the 2FA feature after updating my DS920 to the latest Synology OS (v 7.2-64570 Update… Continue Reading →
The purpose of this blog post is to provide the guidance and the steps needed to update the DSM (DiskStation Manager) on my Synology DS723+. DSM is the operating system that powers every Synology NAS. It’s use cases includes Multimedia, File Management, Productivity, Data Protection, Virtualization, Surveillance, and much more! In order to determine which DSM version you’re currently… Continue Reading →
The purpose of this blog post is to provide the guidance and the steps needed to update the DSM (DiskStation Manager) on my Synology DS723+. DSM is the operating system that powers every Synology NAS. It’s use cases includes Multimedia, File Management, Productivity, Data Protection, Virtualization, Surveillance, and much more! In order to determine which DSM version you’re currently… Continue Reading →
I’m always interested in learning and one of the biggest takeaways from being a member of the tech community, is learning from your fellow peers. A few weeks back, I stumbled upon Dave Stevens post describing how he connected two Synology Arrays. Dave and I discussed this in Tim Smith’s Discord channel, and I have… Continue Reading →
Per Synology, “Cloud Sync integrates the advantages of public cloud and private cloud, enabling you to effortlessly connect your Synology NAS to public cloud services, such as BackBlaze B2, Dropbox, Google Cloud Storage, Microsoft Azure, OpenStack Swift, and more” The purpose of this blog post is to provide the guidance and the steps needed to… Continue Reading →
The Synology DS723+ package arrived in one box. The box was packaged and sealed properly without any damage to report. The DS723+ includes a power adapter, power card, two ethernet cables, a bag of screws, two keys (used to lock the drives in the respective bays), and a quick installation guide manual. The unit (pictured below) includes… Continue Reading →
The purpose of this blog post (Synology series) is to provide the guidance and the steps needed to go through the initial setup process for the Synology DS723+. Please follow the steps below to proceed with the hardware installation: The RAM was upgraded to 16GB (the unit comes with 2GB), but it must be installed first and… Continue Reading →
The purpose of this blog post is to provide the guidance and the steps needed to setup a Datastore using NFS with a Synology NAS in VMware vSphere. After you have successfully logged into your Synology NAS DSM, please select Control Panel, File Services, and then NFS (for DSM 7.0 and above). Next, enable the… Continue Reading →
Al Rasheed - A personal Blog about IT related subjects. 