5 Best Synology NAS Accessories (upgrades that actually help)

[@urbanelemental3308]

You're doing a great job with your videos. Easy to understand. Feels honest, direct, and helpful

[@WunderTechTutorials]

Thank you very much, I really appreciate the kind words!

[@urbanelemental3308]

@@WunderTechTutorials who knows where things will end up. So many youtubers doing this kind of content, you just gotta do what feels right to you. JFYI: I think the video you made that helped me the most was the docker container upgrade.

[@mohammadatef560]

As a new user for synology, your content is really very helpful .. Thanks and keep on

[@WunderTechTutorials]

Glad it's helped, thanks for watching!

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Great video Frank. All excellent tips! Have a great day Merry Christmas to you and your family.

[@WunderTechTutorials]

Thanks, Tony! Hope all is well with you and thank you, Merry Christmas to you and your family too!

[@The4Crawler]

Great video. I've owned 2 Synology units over the last decade. On both, I maxed out the memory when I purchased the units, 4GB in my DS1513+ and 32GB in the DS1618+. I found that over time, I started doing more things with the NAS with VMs, Docker and other apps along with the SSD cache that all eat up RAM. I use the older NAS as a backup destination for the newer NAS plus I have a 4-bay RAID box plugged into the older NAS that I can use as a 2nd backup. That RAID box isn't supported on the newer NAS but I can plug it into a PC and access it that way if needed. I also added a Cyberpower UPS to the 1618+ and set that up as a network UPS server. That way, it broadcasts the UPS state over the network and then I can use a package like Network UPS Tools on client PCs to have them shut down as well. To make this work, I needed to make sure all the networking gear and the PCs were plugged into a UPS as well.

[@BTCKYLE]

Very helpful, I'm going to get a backup going ASAP... you have me worried and I should have been worried a long time ago!

[@DaveVoyles]

I foolishly did not have a back up set up. Thank goodness, I was able to transfer my files to an external drive via USB, and then rebuild the volume, then transfer back. But now I understand the value of having an external drive, simply used for backups

[@engineeringVirtue]

Make sure UPS has AVR to correct low and high voltages and enough battery capacity to last through brownouts - I used to buy expensive APC devices $500-$2000, but the batteries needed replacing every 3-4yrs and over 15yrs that adds up. Now, I've switched to ecoflow, so much better management for a whole home/car/RV power. The delta 3 plus has everything that's needed for small home office too and no need replace anything for 10-15yrs.

[@WunderTechTutorials]

That's good to know, thanks for the input! I haven't used a device like that as a UPS, but I'm assuming the switchover time is fast enough to be used as a UPS?

[@engineeringVirtue]

@WunderTechTutorials yes, the delta 3 plus is advertised for 10ms switchover and used for NAS backup. But, the AVR is what most people need to prevent silent corruption when utility power has problems maintaining correct voltage... I had one house that the utility frequently dropped from 117V to 108-112V and this was enough to cause system crashes or hardware stress but the cheap ups at the time didn't correct or alarm..

[@WunderTechTutorials]

@@engineeringVirtue That's good to know - I appreciate the info! Have to check it out.

[@RogierYou]

Will check it out!

[@aliasname5518]

How does it connect to the NAS, USB-C? And does the comminacation work, will the OS recognize the UPS?

[@TechMeOut5]

Excellent video Frank. Spot on like always!

[@WunderTechTutorials]

Thanks, Avi!

[@anwar.shamim]

It's great to know so many new things. Thanks

[@CedroCron]

One thing I would add to the UPS is getting one that has AVR (Auto Voltage Regulation) as well. There are a lot of voltage surges/sags for brief moments that can send the voltage high/low and AVR is worthwhile to have. The good news is that at lot of Pure-Sine-Wave have AVR usually because it's a premium feature as well. I'd also set the sensitivity to High or Medium as well so it kicks in sooner. With regards to memory I use only Synology RAM (over priced I know) or Crucial Memory because it has been tested extremely well with the Synology NAS. I make sure to use the Synology or Crucial Memory selector tool to get the right module type. I have always upgraded the memory based on the use case in terms of packages, VM's, or how hard the NAS is being hit over the network. My off-site uses 4gb, a friend of mine uses the 2gb it came with because it's 2 computers using it for file storage, mine that runs VM's I've got the max memory on it because between the applications I run on it, and how well the unit is used with VM's etc. I need it.

[@TazzSmk]

good video actually, I'd perhaps add HDDs as another upgrade option - more full drives are, the slower blocks are used, having higher capacity drives with enough free space can actually improve performance a lot, and since many people often upgrade capacity anyway, it's reasonable to think ahead

[@kevinhughes9801]

Good stuff thanks

[@DavidM2002]

I bought a pair of smart APC UPS's earlier this year for about $150 US each and they work great. Prior to this, my Synology kept disappearing from my smart TV. I suspect that there were some really short electrical interruptions happening. After installing the UPS, all of that went away.

[@WunderTechTutorials]

That's really interesting! Something I would have never guessed would have fixed that problem, but I'm glad to hear there are even more benefits.

[@ronm6585]

Thanks.

[@wfp9378]

Was using APC for many many years. Discovered Cyberpower and never looked back. Many have a SCREEN and several buttons so you know the health of the device as well as why its beeping. With APC you need to google what on earth its lights and various beeps mean. They must be sleeping at APC as Cyberpower RULES them every which way.

[@darkforcesjedi]

I've had my APC UPS for over a decade and it has an information display. I also have a Cyber power UPS (one is 1300VA and the other is 1500VA). My power coming into the house is pretty bad, I think the lumberyard across the street has inductive loading that stresses the grid. My CyberPower UPS will sometimes switch back and forth between mains and battery a few times and then just shut off output for several seconds.y APC UPS switches to battery and stays there through these transients. I also had a 25-ish year old Eaton UPS that handled it fine as well.

[@variable_0]

I have an APC UPS with a modded LifePo4 battery 90Ah for longer brownouts. It's able to last about 5hours

[@marksanderson5135]

Good information, but the camera constantly jumping in and out is a little annoying

[@WunderTechTutorials]

I'm working on it - the cuts are very jarring when you don't have transitions, and the transitions can be jarring if they're too fast/frequent, but I am trying to find a happy medium. Thanks for the input!

[@Henk777ER]

The Synology network adapters do not support WOL unfortunately.

[@WunderTechTutorials]

Good to know, thank you for the info!

[@papijelly]

So I have a 5 bay nas and though i bought all 5 drives I ended up just putting in 4 drives and 1 SSD for cache. Is it a good idea or would it make sense to add a regular SSD on that empty bay and configure a second storage pool and use that to run VMs? I'm thinking that will put less strain on the spinning hard drives , but not sure my reasoning makes sense here. Has anyone done it this way, or does this even make sense to do.?

[@WunderTechTutorials]

You can definitely do that, but if you're comparing four HDDs vs one 2.5" SSD, you might actually see better performance from the four HDDs if you're using a 2.5" SSD. If it's an NVMe SSD, definitely put the VMs on that.