[NAS] Synology NAS owner club!

[tcg170980]

I just bought a DS218+ and trying to sync all my cloud to the NAS.
After clicking the + sign and logging in to my dropbox,

Redirect your personal information back to http://diskstation:5000, please make sure http://diskstation:5000 is your DS domain.

Click ok.

Then nothing happen.. Can someone guide me what I need to do. I read up sinology and FAQ , really clueless. Thanks

 

[kherro]

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Somewhere along the path is limited by 100Mbps speed. This can be a Lan cable, switch or router.

I have a feeling might be my router. coz i change my connection from switch to direct plug on the wall and its the same.

 

[jtjt00]

I have a feeling might be my router. coz i change my connection from switch to direct plug on the wall and its the same.

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What router?

 

[teadee]

If your NAS is set to sleep or power savings mode for hdd when there is no activity, then when connecting to your NAS over internet like when you’re outside, it will take 20-30s before you can get connected.

At least that’s my experience of it. But if the NAS is active so are the hdd, it should take no more than 10s to get to your folders.

My experience is worse. When the NAS is active, it takes about 10 seconds to login to the mobile DS apps. However when the NAS is sleeping, it takes forever to login (many timeouts) and connection is very unstable. I can’t find a method to make my NAS become active over the Internet.

 

[teadee]

I’m using 4 x WD Red drives. I’ve read many people saying not to put the NAS to sleep when using WD Red drives. Someone mentioned in the past not to set “Advanced Hibernation” as it may kill my drives sooner. May I know if normal “Hibernation” is fine?

 

[pwongkk]

thank you


Just wondering, to access nas from internet, is it better to use quick connect or own port forwarding as i saw quite a few poster saying that they do manual. May I know which is more secured?

If i use manual port forwarding, does that mean i will nto be able to use the quick connect id?
Will it impact the mobile app?

thank you

Mine was behind a firewall.
When I access from outside, will need to vpn in to access the NAS.
Safer this way as you don't open ports.

 

[alvino]

My experience is worse. When the NAS is active, it takes about 10 seconds to login to the mobile DS apps. However when the NAS is sleeping, it takes forever to login (many timeouts) and connection is very unstable. I can’t find a method to make my NAS become active over the Internet.

seems like your NAS didnt wake up. just use quickconnect? i think the connectivity is better that way. just create an account only

 

[kherro]

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What router?

Mine is the singtel standard router they provide. Now I can't play all my videos in my NAS drive, not even in the video station.

 

[jtjt00]

Mine is the singtel standard router they provide. Now I can't play all my videos in my NAS drive, not even in the video station.

SingTel provided different router over times. Can't possible to guess which one. Do check and indicate model number here.

 

[teadee]

seems like your NAS didnt wake up. just use quickconnect? i think the connectivity is better that way. just create an account only

Will quick connect slow down transfer speed drastically since it is connecting through Synology’s servers? Currently I can get at least 20MB/s download speed from other people’s home network.

 

[alvino]

Will quick connect slow down transfer speed drastically since it is connecting through Synology’s servers? Currently I can get at least 20MB/s download speed from other people’s home network.

No it doesn’t connect your data stream thru it. Traffic don’t go thru Synology servers.

Quick connect merely help your phone or device identify what your public IP address your NAS is sitting on

It’s essentially like noip.com service

 

[Presto80]

Mine was behind a firewall.
When I access from outside, will need to vpn in to access the NAS.
Safer this way as you don't open ports.

this seems very complicated...any guide online that i can refer to?
thanks

 

[zulthezookeeper]

Anyone has experience with the virtual machine setup?

 

[batniss]

Anyone has experience with the virtual machine setup?

Yes, why...?

 

[leonaheidern]

Another rma'd 4TB wd red hard disk died. Sending it off via post for RMA. Last round it seems.

They really just last about a years usage before needing to RMA.

Slowly replacing with hitachi Deskstar now as my warranty for the second disk expires on 2nd Jan 2018 .

There's a sale at Lazada now from Storage studio for Hitachi deskstar 4 TB at 175 a disk if anyone wants


http://www.lazada.sg/hgst-deskstar-4tb-nas-hard-disk-7954977.html


Strangely the disk 4 in the Nas is a 5 year old RMA Seagate 2 TB which is still working fine. The rest of the disks are 4 TB

Maybe I should consider putting it into the first two slots to see if it will die first.

Cause my rma always comes from the first two slots. Even from upgrading from DS414 to DS416 plus the hard disks always needing RMA comes from the first two slots.

 

[jtjt00]

BTW, I am using ds414 with 4x 2tb Toshiba HDD since Sep 2014. No HDD down or need RMA at all till now.
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It is probably problematic WD Red HDD than first 2 slot issue.

 

[TopGun]

Is anyone using the Toshiba X300 drives?

I have two of the older series (MD04ACA500). They run hotter (3-5c) as compared to the WD Red (which I am trying to replace). Just concern about the overall amount of heat generated with 4 desktop series drives in the NAS.

 

[jimbo73]

You can get DS418 at $525 if you are willing to travel to Pasir Panjang.

is this a good price?
https://www.lazada.sg/synology-ds418-4bay-nas-71578145.html?spm=a2o42.cart.0.0.50f36f05c5n2dH&mp=1

 

[jtjt00]

is this a good price?
https://www.lazada.sg/synology-ds418-4bay-nas-71578145.html?spm=a2o42.cart.0.0.50f36f05c5n2dH&mp=1

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Yes, thanks for sharing.

 

[batniss]

Is anyone using the Toshiba X300 drives?

I have two of the older series (MD04ACA500). They run hotter (3-5c) as compared to the WD Red (which I am trying to replace). Just concern about the overall amount of heat generated with 4 desktop series drives in the NAS.

Becausd they are faster. Is normal to be slightly hotter.

I am using 8 of it. The older one that is.