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Expectations: file/photo sync, media server, ad blocking (Pi-hole). I saw that Synology has first-party apps for most of this (Synology Drive, Moments, Video).
by Tijdreiziger 4y ago
Expectations: file/photo sync, media server, ad blocking (Pi-hole). I saw that Synology has first-party apps for most of this (Synology Drive, Moments, Video).
- justsomehnguy 4y ago> file/photo sync It's photo app is NPM garbage. Sure, I have an ancient ds115j (armv7@800Mhz, 256Mb RAM), but I couldn't use it. But despite it's ancient-ness I was able to update it to the latest Synology OS (DSM), which tells how S. is supporting their products. So be sure to get a version with enough RAM, I would go for 2Gb+ versions in your place, so avoid ds220j and ds218play, look at ds218 (without 'play' suffix) or ds220+. Oops, their site says VMM is supported only on DS220+, so I think you have no choice there, but 220+ has an additional memory slot, which could be handy. For literally $300[1] you can't do better. However, there is a way to install DSM on non-Synology hardware, so if have a desktop PC to run it I would advise for you to test it out. [0] https://www.synology.com/en-global/products?chassis=Desktop&bays=2&pkg_support=VMM https://www.synology.com/en-global/products?chassis=Desktop&... [1] https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1570595-REG/synology_diskstation_ds220_2_bay_nas.html https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1570595-REG/synology_...
- Tijdreiziger 4y agoThanks for the advice!