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A year or two ago, the Synology WRX560 would have been an awesome router. But considering the current ubiquity of Wi-Fi 6E and the upcoming Wi-Fi 7, Synology’s latest router, first announced in late October 2022, seems awfully dated. Though excellent, as it proved in my testing, this one is …
Synology’s latest 5-bay DiskStation DS1522+ NAS server for homes and small businesses is a silent yet significant upgrade in the lineup. While the new server is the intended replacement of its immediate previous model, the DS1520+, I will compare the design with the DS1517+ to show how it’s an (almost) complete …
Synology’s first router in years, the RT6600ax, is finally available today. And, like the Ubiquiti UDR, it’s a near-perfect Wi-Fi 6 machine that does not have a lot of love for Multi-Gig users. For the rest, the new router is as good as can be. And its support for the …
After five months in public beta, the latest version of the popular DiskStation Manager NAS operating system, the DSM 7.1, is officially available today, May 10, 2022, per Synology. That’s the good news. The not-so-good is Surveillance Station 9.0—slated to be a major upgrade of version 8.2—has been delayed. Synology …
As the name suggests, the Synology DS1821+ is of yesteryear. It’s even older than that—Synology first announced it in 2020. But it’s still going to be the latest Synology 8-bay NAS for homes and SMBs for a while—Synology likely won’t release its replacement this year. What’s most notable, though, is …
June 29, 2021, marked the availability of Synology’s much-anticipated worldwide release of the well-known NAS operating system, DSM 7. Since then, the new OS has been available for anyone to download and upgrade their supported server. DSM stands for DiskStation Manager, and version 7.0 is the latest. It’s the first …
The Synology DS1621+ is a worthy upgrade to the DS1618+, which is still an excellent NAS server today. That’s to say, in many ways, the new server brings excellence to a new level. No, it’s still not perfect. But if you’re looking to get the most out of a network-attached …
Chronologically, the Synology DS220+—one of the four new servers Synology announced today—is the defacto upgrade to the previous model, the DS218+, that came out two years ago. In reality, it’s more of a variant. Indeed, the two have more in common than they do in differences. Here’s the lowdown on …
Small but potent, the newly-released Synology DS620slim is my type of NAS server. You know, the Asian type. Stereotyping aside, this server is an all-new offering from Synology regarding design. Maybe that’s why it’s a 620 and not 619 per Synology standard naming convention. One thing is for sure, it’s …
The Synology DS419slim is the latest in Synology’s “slim” line of NAS servers which use 2.5-inch standard (laptop) hard drives instead of the 3.5-inch standard (desktop) drive. As a result, the new server is super compact despite the fact it can house up to four internal drives. But in the …
