The Synology DS420+ comes rocking its own app store, allowing you to install a whole host of third-party services, including Plex Media Server. While you can store and enjoy media using Synology's own ...

I’ve recently been testing the brand new Synology DS-216+ NAS ($299), a network-attached-storage product meant for consumers. Although Synology products include a variety of features, I will be ...

Hardware transcoding unlike software transcoding, relies on the server’s CPU to convert media files into different formats, hardware transcoding offloads this intensive task to a dedicated component ...

New owner of a Synology DiskStation II+. Currently I run Plex on a Mac Mini, and have the media library on a local drive, which is almost full. I've read lots about how running Plex on the NAS itself ...

Packages are an essential part of the NAS ecosystem. A good set of packages lets you make the most out of the NAS disk station by effectively organizing your data. We recently reviewed Synology's ...