A couple of years ago I looked at the DS214play, Synology’s network attached server designed for multimedia playback. Since then Synology has updated their Play line with the DS415play – a four-bay NAS capable of housing 32 TB total storage.…
Reports of security breaches and data theft have become quite frequent in recent weeks. With the well-publicized Sony attack the importance of securing data whether for business or personal use has become more apparent. One of the best ways to…
Synology has just announced a new NAS, the DiskStation DS215j which is a 2 bays NAS box that can use either 2.5” or 3.5” hard drives or SSDs if you really want a performance boost. The NAS features a Marvell…
Synology has just announced the launch of two new DiskStation NAS boxes, the 1515+ which is a five bay NAS and the 1815+ which is an eight bay NAS. Both the boxes feature an Intel Atom C2538 quad core CPU…
I’ve said it before and I’m sure I’ll keep saying it, I hate hackers. I just don’t understand why they have to do this sort of stuff, the news today is that they’re targeting Synology NAS boxes and holding them…
A NAS is a great thing to have, they’re just extremely versatile and one of the best things about them is the ability to be a network storage device but for media. The new DS415play NAS from Synology is you’re…
Yesterday was Memorial day here in the states and I took the day off and all I did was play the PS3 all day long, and it felt good as I can’t remember the last time I actually did that.…
Synology has just announced version 5.0 of DiskStation Manager available to many models of the Synology DiskStations. The new manager is the operating system and it adds many new and great features. Details below for you and link to download…
Streaming media from a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device is not a new concept. This feature has been found in Synology network attached servers for many years. However, those NAS servers can only stream to 720p at best. With theDiskStation…
Look at that , more Synology news, as soon as I got the last one posted this one appeared in my inbox. So we’ve got two more NAS boxes from Synology launching today, the DS114 is a single bay NAS…
Synology has just announced the DS214play which is specifically made for all your multimedia needs. The NAS has a dual core 1.6ghz CPU in it with 1gb of DDR3 ram and it can support both 2.5” and 3.5” drives for…
On the X-Files one of the tenets of Agent Mulder was – “trust no one”. With the recent NSA and PRISM disclosures this mantra seems more prophetic than ever imagined. Companies we thought were keeping our information safe such as…
As the world becomes more digitally based, data management and protection is no longer a luxury but a necessity. Network Attached Devices are a great way to manage and backup personal or business data since they can act as central…
