A Synology Geek Gab

Synology’s DiskStations are a popular item amongst all of us here in the MGG Family, listeners and hosts all included! Listen today as guest Jeff Gamet makes a hasty return to join John F. Braun, Dave Hamilton, and Pilot Pete to talk all things Synology and Network Attached Storage. Press […]

Synology’s DiskStations are a popular item amongst all of us here in the MGG Family, listeners and hosts all included! Listen today as guest Jeff Gamet makes a hasty return to join John F. Braun, Dave Hamilton, and Pilot Pete to talk all things Synology and Network Attached Storage. Press play and enjoy learning at least five new things along with the rest of the MGG Family.

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 928 for Monday, May 16, 2022
00:03:26 How Do Your Geeks Use Their Synology Diskstations?

Time Machine Backups
Hyper Backup
Synology Drive
Plex
Video Station
Media Server
Cloud Sync
Synology Photos
Synology Office
Synology VPN Server
Surveillance Station
From the live chat: SynoCommunity

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NAS Questions

00:22:31 James-Best Drive Configuration for Synology

Synology Hybrid RAID

00:29:12 Dee-What Size Replacement Drives for Synology DiskStation?
00:31:45 What is a “4K Native” Hard Drive?
00:34:35 Terry-Which 2-bay NAS do you recommend?

Jeff: DS220j ($187, currently-used) DS1520+
John: DS218play ($230) DS420+ ($500)
Dave: DS218play ($230) DS1520+ ($700, currently-used)
Your Geeks’ Picks Compared
RAID Calculator
Drive Selector

00:50:50 David-New DiskStation, Which Steps First?
00:55:56 Ari-Copy Files/Folders from Mac to Synology?
01:02:13 Jeff-Easiest way to backup Synology?

NAS CSF

01:06:35 Keith-CSF-AutoMounter backs up your NAS to Backblaze by Default
01:08:47 GC-How to keep TIme Machine from Backing Up Network Shares
01:10:51 CSF-VirtualHere Lets you use USB Devices across Network

01:12:38 MGG 928 Outtro

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