Configuring The Synology Network Attached Storage Appliance

Leverage the Synology NAS appliances and get them to help you with your work with their many productive functions

What you'll learn

Understand the concepts of Synology NAS Appliances

Learn to configure basic system parameters

Learn how to use DSM Assistant

Configure volumes and storage parameters

Configure connections and targets

Configure shares, file services, users and groups

Work with application packages for extra functionality

Configure backup and replication

Monitor Storage use, harware resources and logs

Configure and use Cloudstation as a private cloud storage solution

Learn about the video surveillance capabilities

Requirements

Basic networking knowledge

Basic drive volumes and storage knowledge

Description

Have you heard about storage, SAN, NAS? Are these concepts new to you or are you curious to find out more? Do you want to learn how to configure a Synology Storage appliance?
Well then, you've come to the right place!
In this course you will learn how to work with the Synology network attached storage appliances, which will give you many functions that will help you everyday. You'll get to create your own private cloud storage that can rival Dropbox, learn how to connect and record footage from IP surveillance cameras, learn how to create files, shared folders, volumes and even how to install and use a web server on the unit and many more.
This prerequisites for this course are basic networking knowledge, basic hard drives and storage knowledge and generally a desire to learn new things.
By the end of the course you should be able to take a Synology storage appliance and configure the multitude of functions, while also working with it to be more productive in your day-to-day operations. On top of that, you'll know how to keep your data safe!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction to Synology and NAS appliances

Lecture 1 Intro

Lecture 2 NAS Concepts and Introduction to Synology

Section 2: System walkthrough and initial setup

Lecture 3 DSM Assistant and First Connection

Lecture 4 Update, restore and password reset

Lecture 5 Network connectivity

Lecture 6 System setup

Lecture 7 Storage Manager

Section 3: Configure services and operations

Lecture 8 Users and Groups

Lecture 9 Configure shared folders and permissions

Lecture 10 Configure and use file services and the FileStation Utility

Lecture 11 Integrate with AD

Lecture 12 WiFi and Bluetooth

Lecture 13 Security

Lecture 14 Security Advisor

Lecture 15 External devices

Lecture 16 Task Scheduler and the Power schedule

Lecture 17 DHCP server, Quickconnect and external access

Lecture 18 High Availability

Lecture 19 Resource Monitor and Logs

Lecture 20 Package center

Lecture 21 Antivirus

Lecture 22 Storage Analyzer

Lecture 23 Document Viewer and Notes

Lecture 24 DNS server

Lecture 25 CloudStation

Lecture 26 DownloadStation

Lecture 27 Docker

Lecture 28 Mail Server and Mail Station

Lecture 29 Surveillance Station

Lecture 30 WebStation and Wordpress

Lecture 31 Hyper Backup

Section 4: Conclusion

Lecture 32 Conclusion

Anyone interested in understanding how to operate a Synology NAS