DiskStation

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Manage digital assets across various locations.

About DiskStation

Synology's DiskStation Manager (DSM) is a web-based operating system exclusively designed for their network attached storage (NAS) devices. DSM equips users with powerful tools to effortlessly manage their digital assets across various locations. It boasts a range of features including full-text search, metadata management, data backup, and virtualization.

With DSM, administrators can enhance collaboration by securely sharing files with team members on different platforms such as Windows, Linux, and macOS. Role-based permissions and passwords add an extra layer of security to ensure controlled access to files. Real-time synchronization allows employees to update files seamlessly across multiple servers, computer systems, and public clouds.


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4.8 /5
(91)
Value for Money
4.6/5
Features
4.7/5
Ease of Use
4.6/5
Customer Support
4.2/5

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Wale
Wale
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  • Industry: Internet
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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Incredible and reliable NAS solution

Reviewed on 15/06/2022

DiskStation greatly helps with backup and file access. For those who like to try, DMS apps offer...

DiskStation greatly helps with backup and file access. For those who like to try, DMS apps offer useful and fun ways to take full advantage of your network-attached storage devices.

Pros

Being able to effectively manage your NAS through a web browser and an intuitive GUI is a big advantage DiskStation offers. There is a myriad of free applications you can install through DSM to fully take advantage and maximize your NAS device. The well-designed mobile applications also make accessibility possible when you are on the go.

Cons

Apart from being unable to use Active Backup Agent with macOS which is a big letdown, there isn't any other issue I have with DiskStation.

Reed
Reed
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  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Reliable Drive Array, but it's the software that makes the difference

Reviewed on 25/07/2018

40 TB of space for my company team, to share data and collaborate. This works quite well for our...

40 TB of space for my company team, to share data and collaborate. This works quite well for our business.

Pros

DiskStation and its added packages make the Synology the best NAS available for small to medium businesses, including SOHO. A perfect suite of software packages, most available for free, to use on your PC or mobile device.

Cons

I really want a BookStation or DS Books app to keep track of my massive library of digital book titles.

Eugenio
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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10

Students in virtual machine

Reviewed on 09/12/2020

It do the job designed for, it is not the fastest but do the job.

It do the job designed for, it is not the fastest but do the job.

Pros

It is very easy to remove and copy a new copy of the virtual machine, so everytime the students want to break the computer we can recover to use very fast

Cons

We can not sync with google drive and most of our exercises are in google drive. If they could creaty a sync with google drive will be a good solution for us.

Alex
Alex
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  • Industry: Computer & Network Security
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Best NAS on the market.

Reviewed on 30/07/2019

Use them at home and work. Just be sure to pick one robust enough to meet your needs. Don’t be...

Use them at home and work. Just be sure to pick one robust enough to meet your needs. Don’t be tempted to skimp.

Pros

Full of features and a model for every use case. It’s like the Swiss Army knife of network storage.

Cons

Sometimes the multiple software packages conflict or don’t play nice together.

Dirk
Dirk
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  • Industry: Industrial Automation
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Synology as absolute NAS chief!

Reviewed on 14/02/2019

Pros

This software is so unbelievable versatile, it fits for any private and small business need!

Cons

This software is not really easy movable from old to new hardware if the hardware isn't quite the same. It would be nice that migration to new hardware will be more supported.

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DiskStation offers the following pricing plans:

  • Pricing model: Free Version
  • Free Trial: Available

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DiskStation has the following typical customers:

Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000

DiskStation supports the following languages:

English

DiskStation supports the following devices:

Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)

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DiskStation offers the following support options:

24/7 (Live rep), Chat

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