NAS is for those who are finding reliability, performance, and security. When choosing the right data storage solution, people use NAS to streamline data management and add additional layers of data protection of their existing data.
NAS are more than hard drives in the network. Network storage can do much more than it serves data on the web. With the right programs, they become a digital photo collection, stream music, or deliver stored films via LAN or the Internet. The setup is often surprisingly simple. Most manufacturers either have the necessary tools pre-installed directly on the device or they offer them in their own app stores.
You will have a safe place with a NAS to store the often-unique data and share it with friends or family. Below are five things first-time NAS users can do to enjoy the convenience of NAS.
Spotify streams music, Netflix provides entertainment videos, and Google lets you store photos and files. However, if you have your own photo and video collections, all of these basic functions are possible to have it to your own NAS. In addition to the obvious data protection aspect and the digital backup of your own videos, there are a few other arguments where NAS is a better choice.
First there is the storage space. Google offers the user between 15 GB and 30 GB in Google Drive for free, Microsoft gives 1 TB in OneDrive for free. If you want more, you must pay.
NAS owners only laugh about such limitations, here the memory does not even begin with several TB of memory. This makes such devices exciting for everyone who has digitized analogue treasures such as their own old videos and slides and would like to store them centrally.
Lastly, the same applies to music. If you have a large collection of CDs, you may not want to spend additional money on streaming services. You can also determine the quality yourself. It is also exciting to digitize old recordings, such as cassettes and mix tapes, and have these treasures also available on the network.
NAS drive is a kind of network drive that allows its content to be accessed for all your devices within the same LAN and even remotely over the Internet. In turn, this makes it easier to store larger files into your NAS while still having access from your PC or smartphone.
Additionally, continuous recordings from surveillance or security cameras that require hefty memory space will be uploaded to the network attached storage (NAS). You can replay or download the selected recorded videos or images anytime. Synology has even updated its Surveillance Station 9.0 with a more intuitive interface.
Learn more about Synology Surveillance Station here.
How to access files on your Synology NAS drive
After setting up QuickConnect on your NAS to enable remote access, you will have only a few steps to go. Firstly, open File Explorer by right-clicking Start and select File Explorer from the menu. Next, Choose “This PC” tab from the left pane. In the main interface, you’d better note the drive letters assigned to the existing drives, because these letters cannot be reassigned to the network drive.
Under the tab, click “Map network drive” from the top toolbar and select “Map network drive” from the drop-down menu. In the drive list, select a drive letter that you want to map to the network drive. In the folder, type the path of the network folder that you want to map. Alternatively, you can click “Browse” to find destination from the pop-up menu.
If you’re a content creator, developer, or even just a casual user that values your files, then it is always recommended to always back-up these files in your computer. Synology makes it easier with its NAS Drive Client.
You may download Synology Drive Client to back up and sync data in their PCs. Â When doing the Sync Task, there will be three icons that indicate the sync status of files: https://kb.synology.com/en-ph/DSM/tutorial/What_is_On-demand_Sync
Synology Drive Client, a software developed by Synology company. It is a file management, sharing, and syncing solution. Here’s how to do Synology backup with it.
4. Sync your cloud data to NAS
NAS is not limited to just syncing your local files. It works with cloud data too and Synology offers an extension for free.
How to Use Cloud Sync to sync cloud data
Users can check which folder the cloud data store. When they want to upload files to cloud, simply drag the files to that folder in Synology NAS. The files will be automatically synced to the cloud.
To synchronize data as securely as possible in the public cloud as a data backup, it is also possible to encrypt the data via the Synology NAS. In this case, the data is stored encrypted in the cloud and can only be accessed via the Synology NAS as the “Cloud Sync” extension secures the data.
With the free “Cloud Sync” extension, data on the NAS system can be synchronized directly with various cloud storage devices. The solution also enables the connection of multiple cloud storage devices with different user accounts. In addition, different directories on the NAS can be flexibly synchronized with different cloud storage.
To connect Synology NAS systems to the cloud, the free extension “Cloud Sync” is first installed via the package center. Here, the cloud storage is first connected to the user account via which the synchronization is to be carried out. The connection is made via the plus sign at the bottom left. No data is initially synchronized because of the connection. Next, “tasks” are created for the connected cloud storage.
Before creating synchronization tasks, the general configuration of the synchronization can be adjusted using the gear icon. Here, for example, the option “Locally deleted files are retrieved from your public cloud” allows the cloud storage to also be used as a backup. If a user deletes a file from a directory on the NAS, it can be synchronized again from the cloud if desired. In addition, the settings can also be used to specify how many files should be synchronized with the cloud at the same time.
If you want to double the protection, that’s no problem with Synology’s NAS devices. Users can backup Synology NAS to another destination for additional protection and the Hyper Backup app can help you.  It supports backing up your NAS to local shared folders, external storage devices, remote Synology NAS, file servers, and cloud services.
Here’s how:
For those who want to back up your NAS to cloud, Synology also offers C2 Storage starting from USD10.99/ year.
Why Synology’s NAS is for every tech lover
NAS is not only for those users who are technically knowledgeable at operating systems and networks in the company. Synology’s NAS is also for tech lovers at home. Above all, the company has designed its software to be managed easily by any type of user and whichever type of content it wants to securely store on the NAS. If you want a future proof solution with storage, having NAS is really the top choice.
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