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Just in the process of setting up a NAS box (Synology DS418 with four drives), and have a few questions.
It's connected to my broadband router, as is my Windows PC. Not done much other than create a user account that matches my Windows login, and a test shared folder to check Windows drive mapping (worked okay). The primary function is a fault-tolerant file server. Not too fussed about streaming media, accessing photos, etc, although some sort of remote access in a restricted form would be handy (mainly a place to occasionally dump files to).
It has defaulted to one large (11TB) volume. Is there a good reason to change that to two or more smaller volumes?
Do I need to do anything in particular to ensure that the data is protected from external scumbags, or can I assume that it's secure by default?
Can I have an area that's accessible externally (such as space for ftp access) while keeping the bulk of my data safe?
Nomad
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Nomad
Nobody loves me but my mother... and she could be jivin' too...
By default it will have done an SHR volume (Synology Hybrid RAID). This is kind of RAID5+ - the + being it's easy to extend and to mix drive sizes.
Personally I tend to blow that away and manually create a standard RAID5 with a hot spare. Lose some space but improve arse covering.
Setup the QuickConnect/Synology account thing - it's really useful for remote access if you want this. Also, use good usernanes/passwords and properly investigate permissions. There's a good web ui for remote access, and you can limit it to specific users etc.
If you specifically want FTP there's a built in FTP server which has its own share discrete from your SMB shares. Synology units are basically cut down Linux/BusyBox type affairs, so have a browse at all the Apps you can install too, just in case.
Oh, and keep the autoupdate feature on for critical updates; patches are issued fairly regularly, and you want to keep on top of them.
Yes, found the Synology forum, and starting to browse around.
I set up QuickConnect and tried accessing the login page from my phone (but didn't log in). It correctly showed the computer name I had assigned, then I disabled it. Passwords are okay for now, but will likely change before I open anything up externally. Firewall is set to allow only my desktop PC (fixed IP), everything else denied.
Debating whether to stick with SHR. No hot spare, so I'm thinking a failed disk would likely be replaced with something bigger assuming prices drop by then, so maybe SHR would make it easier to gradually increase the sizes of the other disks and build more data space as that happens (not terribly interested in taking advantage of the additional other-RAID bits that it might build in the interim, assuming they can be treated separately from the main 4-disk set).
Saw the ftp server app, but not played with it yet.
It's currently verifying the disks, so I'm going to let finish that first.
Nomad
Nobody loves me but my mother... and she could be jivin' too...
I have multiple volumes (one Mac, one for PC) accessible from different IP Addresses (so both ethernet ports connected on the back of the device), in theory it should be faster that way when backing both sets devices up at the same time.
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