July 4, 2022
NAS, Professional
Synology is back with a new 5-bay DiskStation for 2022. The new Synology DiskStation DS1522+ launches this month, providing a compact solution for all-in-one storage to help you store, protect and share data. The DS1522+ integrates well as the primary storage solution for smaller setups or as an edge node …
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June 15, 2022
General Tech
Today is a big day for Synology, with the company announcing availability of the HD6500. This is the first product in the HD series, offering 60 bays for super-sized storage needs, and support for up to 960TB per chassis. The Synology HD6500 is a 4U 60-bay system for petabyte-level storage, …
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June 15, 2022
Featured Tech Reviews, Peripheral, Reviews, Routers
We check out Synology's latest WiFi 6 router, priced under £300
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February 22, 2022
NAS
Synology's major DiskStation Manager 7.1 update is on the way and there is good news for current users – the public beta build becomes available today. With DiskStation manager 7.1 users will find expanded functionality, with more enhancements and features to help address various IT challenges. DSM 7.1 brings key …
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October 8, 2021
NAS
Alongside Synology's recent DSM 7.0.1 upgrade, today the company is launching the new C2 Backup application. With C2 Backup, Synology storage device users can back up their data efficiently for Windows devices, whether they are located at home or across multiple office locations. There are two versions of this, C2 …
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October 1, 2021
NAS
Synology NAS owners are about to get a big upgrade. Today, Synology announced its new operating system, DSM 7.0, which is now available for the vast majority of Synology storage devices, including enterprise NAS and surveillance-focused systems. Since its official release, DSM 7.0 has received praise for its greater speed …
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August 25, 2021
General Tech
Back in June, Synology announced plans to expand with its C2 cloud services with new features like secure file transfers. Now, C2 Transfer is officially available, enabling protected file transfers between businesses and their clients or other external parties. With C2 Transfers, Synology is looking to solve ‘the last mile' …
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July 14, 2021
Hard Drives
Synology is launching its brand new HAS5300 series 3.5″ SAS hard drives this month to meet growing demand for high-capacity and resilient storage systems. There are three HDDs, offering up 8TB to 16TB of storage. Available in 16TB, 12TB, and 8TB models, the HAS5300 drives are the latest addition to …
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June 24, 2021
Featured Tech News, Professional
Synology is about to release the DiskStation Manager 7.0 and update the C2 cloud platform with new services. While DSM 7.0 brings enhanced security, system management capabilities, and improving data collaboration, the C2 cloud service will feature a new password manager, directory as a service, cloud backup, and secure file …
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May 4, 2021
General Tech, Professional
Synology has a new pair of professional-grade storage racks launching this week. The 12-bay RackStation RS2421+ and RS2421RP+, and 16-bay RS2821RP+ will be available starting this month, built to excel in large-scale infrastructure backups, business-level file serving and private cloud services. Speaking on the new racks, Julien Chen, product manager …
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February 20, 2021
Network, SSD Drives
Synology has released two new enterprise-grade M.2 NVMe SSDs for data caching and two high-bandwidth NICs to increase the performance of its NAS storage solutions. Available with 800GB of storage capacity both the SNV3400-800G and the SNV3500-800G are used for caching large data sets, increasing the performance of HDD-based arrays …
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January 14, 2021
Server, Tech News
Synology has announced its newest 8-bay rackmounted storage servers, which it claims ‘deliver high performance in a space-efficient manner.' Today we have not one, but two new servers from Synology – the RS1221+ and the RS1221RP+, the latter of which has power redundancy support thanks to its two PSUs. Designed …
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December 24, 2020
Featured Tech News, Featured Tech Reviews, NAS, Network, Reviews
This new NAS has a pair of M.2 NVMe slots for SSD caching and four Gigabit Ethernet ports.
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November 23, 2020
Featured Tech Reviews, NAS, Reviews, SSD Drives
We check out this 400GB SSD, specifically designed for NAS caching duties
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February 3, 2020
Featured Tech News, NAS
With such a vast amount of data generated by mobile devices, cameras and smartphones recently, having enough storage capacity is a challenge for personal users. These days, a NAS device in the home is essential for tech enthusiasts to store and share all this data. Synology has introduced an entry-level …
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February 16, 2018
Featured Tech Reviews, NAS, Network, Reviews
We've just recently looked at the latest flagship 4-bay member of Synology's J series of DiskStation NAS units, the DS418j. Now it's the turn of the latest 2-bay unit of the family, the DiskStation DS218j to come under the spotlight. Marketed as an entry level 2-bay NAS for home and …
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January 22, 2018
Featured Tech Reviews, NAS, Network, Reviews
Powered by an Intel Celeron J3455 processor clocked at 1.5GHz (burst up to 2.3GHz) the DiskStation DS918+ is offered in two memory options
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December 28, 2017
Featured Tech Reviews, Lifestyle, NAS, Network, Reviews
The DS118 is equipped with a quad core 64-bit processor and DDR4 memory and is marketed as a high performance single bay NAS
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December 6, 2017
Featured Tech Reviews, NAS, Network, Reviews
The Synology DS218play is the latest 2-bay addition to the company's Value series of NAS units, a series that starts at with single bay drives and goes all the way up to an eight-bay desktop unit, the DS1817, encompassing a couple of rackmounts (2 and 4 bay) along the way. …
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November 27, 2017
Featured Tech Reviews, Lifestyle, NAS, Network, Reviews
Synology's J series of DiskStation NAS are aimed at the value end of the market. The latest 4-bay addition to the range is the DS418j, which takes over from the DS416j and is marketed as an entry-level 4-bay NAS for home data backup and multimedia streaming. The Synology DiskStation DS418j …
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September 19, 2017
Featured Tech Reviews, NAS, Network, Reviews
It's around £1,000 and supports up to 80TB of storage. Is the DS1817+ worthy of your shortlist?
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June 1, 2017
General Tech, Professional
Synology this week has announced that it would be launching an extended warranty in 27 additional countries, covering 52 countries in total. The extended warranty adds an extra two years of coverage to several Synology DiskStation systems, giving buyers additional peace of mind. With today's extension, buyers in the UK, …
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May 16, 2017
Featured Tech Reviews, NAS, Network, Reviews
This is no ordinary NAS, it is Fireproof and waterproof and built like a tank.
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April 7, 2017
Featured Tech Reviews, NAS, Network, Professional Featured, Reviews
The DiskStation DS916+ is the latest addition to the the Synology Plus product line aimed at Workgroups and Small & Medium Business users. The 4-Bay DS916+ features a Quad-core Intel processor and expandable memory. Powered by an Intel Pentium N3710 processor clocked at 1.6GHz (burst up to 2.56GHz) the DiskStation DS916+ …
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July 22, 2016
Featured Tech News, NAS, Network, Reviews
Four bay tower NAS units aren't exactly svelte, however how about a four bay tower NAS that fits into the palm of your hand? The Synology DiskStation DS416slim is one of the smallest four bay NAS units we have seen in our labs. The DS416slim sits under Synology's J Series …
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June 5, 2015
Computex, NAS, Network, Routers
Synology, a well known maker of network area storage solutions, introduced its first router – the Synology RT1900ac – at Computex. The device boasts all modern technologies as well as integrated NAS capabilities, reports Leo Waldock, a KitGuru editor, from Taipei. The product is set to hit the market shortly …
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March 2, 2015
NAS
Synology has announced that it's shuffling around the upstairs management, with the news that a new managing director for the UK, Ireland and Nordic region has been appointed: Mr Yi-Lin Huang. He replaces previous MD Mike Chen, who has held the position for the past three years. Yi-Lin has been …
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November 26, 2014
NAS
Although the home NAS isn't something that everyone finds a use for, the most popular for those that do, is the two bay version, as it's cheaper, more compact and more in-line with the type of storage space most people need from a network backup drive. Synology's offerings in that …
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September 15, 2014
Featured Tech Reviews, NAS
Today we are going to look at one of the latest products in Thecus' range of NAS servers – the N2310. This comes in at the bottom of their range, designed for home and small business users on a budget. We are interested to see where they have compromised on …
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June 30, 2014
General Tech
Synology has announced its next event which will see the launch of the next stage of the company's famous Diskstation Manager (DSM) operating system along with some new products that are due to hit the market in the fourth quarter of 2014. The event will take place at the Millbank Media …
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