NAS Hardware Requirement and Setup

Supported Model

Synology DiskStation DS220j Network Attached Storage Drive (White) and other Synology models.

Recommended NAS Model

DS1621+

Amazon Purchase Link: https://www.amazon.in/Synology-DiskStation-DS1621-Network-Attached/dp/B08JH22W42 (Rs 98000)

Comparing different NAS Models

| Specs | DS423+ | DS923+ | DS1522+ | DS1621+ (Recommended) | DS1821+ | DS2422+ | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | CPU Model | Intel Celeron J4125 | AMD Ryzen R1600 | AMD Ryzen R1600 | AMD Ryzen V1500B | AMD Ryzen V1500B | AMD Ryzen V1500B | | CPU Core | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | | CPU Frequency | 2 GHz | 2.6 GHz | 2.6 GHz | 2.2 GHz | 2.2 GHz | 2.2 GHz | | RAM | 2 GB DDR4 non-ECC | 4 GB DDR4 ECC SODIMM | 8 GB DDR4 ECC SODIMM | 4 GB DDR4 ECC SODIMM | 4 GB DDR4 ECC SODIMM | 4 GB DDR4 ECC SODIMM | | Maximum RAM Capacity | 6 GB (2 GB + 4 GB) | 32 GB (16 GB x 2) | 32 GB (16 GB x 2) | 32 GB (16 GB x 2) | 32 GB (16 GB x 2) | 32 GB (16 GB x 2) | | Drive Bays | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 12 | | Max Connections | 500 | 1000 | 2,000 | 1000 | 1,000 | 1000 | | Price | 51K | 60K | 83K | 1 Lac | 110K | 255K |

NAS Initial Setup

Please refer to the below video for setting NAS initially. Link: https://youtu.be/PrVAehzT8Yk

Manage User Privileges on Your Synology NAS

To manage User Privileges on Your Synology NAS, please refer to the video: Manage User Privileges on Your Synology NAS

NAS POC

Our task starts with creating a shared folder(s) in our DSM. Every shared folder can have different permissions (access/modification capabilities) for different users.

There are multiple ways we can access shared folders on Synology NAS within the local network, a few are mentioned below for instance:

Choose Go > Connect to Server from the menu bar. Type the IP address or name (appended with .local) of the Synology NAS preceded by smb:// or afp:// in the Server Address field and click Connect. (e.g. smb://EricaWang.local or afp://192.168.0.2)

If your Synology NAS is accessible over the Internet, you can use an FTP application to access the shared folders. Go to Control Panel > File Services > FTP to enable FTP service, allowing users to upload or download Synology NAS data via FTP.