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DiskStation

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What is DiskStation?

DiskStation is a line of network-attached storage (NAS) solutions from Synology headquartered in Taiwan.

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Reliable storage platform that offers a full set of additional roles

Rating: 9 out of 10
April 28, 2025
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use a Synology DiskStation in our environment as a basic file server for centralized storage for several different departments. Rather than spin up and maintain an expensiv...
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Manager
Synology DiskStation3 years of experience

No more Cloud Storage

Rating: 9 out of 10
April 26, 2025
Vetted ReviewVerified User
Synology DiskStation is responsible to control my NAS which is responsible for the backup of all my computers. DS is specialized for Synology DiskStation and has applications ...
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Verified user
C-Level Executive
Synology DiskStation3 years of experience

Best bang for the Buck

Rating: 10 out of 10
April 25, 2025
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
I use several Synology DiskStations at different clients- gerat for storage and backups- love the different apps and we let users store music and pictures on some for personal...
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Administrator
Synology DiskStation10 years of experience

Number 1 in Stability and Usability

Rating: 9 out of 10
April 25, 2025
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
While more and more products are cloud based nowadays, we also have some technologies that are local to the building, such as access control and camera systems. These need a d...
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Verified user
Professional
Synology DiskStation1 year of experience

Synology DiskStation - Robust Product for Everyday Backups!

Rating: 9 out of 10
February 14, 2025
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We currently have multiple Synology DiskStation's in our environment and have been very happy with them. They are used for general backup with Veeam, Self-hosted IP Camera sol...
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Kyle Bergeron
Manager - Information Technology
IT Manager
Sciperio, Inc.
Synology DiskStation6 years of experience
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Product Details

What is DiskStation?

Synology's storage solutions provide data availability and simplify IT challenges with software and data management tools.

DiskStation Features

  • Supported: Network Attached Storage
  • Supported: Acts as the user's own Private Cloud
  • Supported: Offers a variety of sizes to suit the user's needs

DiskStation Competitors

DiskStation Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise
Operating SystemsLinux
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Mobile Web

Frequently Asked Questions

DiskStation is a line of network-attached storage (NAS) solutions from Synology headquartered in Taiwan.

QNAP NAS, Veeam Data Platform, and TrueNAS are common alternatives for DiskStation.

Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 9.7.

The most common users of DiskStation are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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Great Software for Team Collaboration + File Sharing!

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
October 06, 2021
Verified User
Project Manager in Customer Service
Marketing & Advertising Company, 11-50 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Synology DiskStation
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Synology is used across our company. We all use this as a way to save documents, projects, important information that have been given by a client or created by our teams. It is used by everyone as a way to collaborate on all the projects we have going on. We use Synology DiskStation on a daily basis, so it is the lifeline of our work. It solved the issue of having multiple projects going on at different stages in different departments and needing a central place to save our work and documents so nothing is missed.
Pros
  • Synology DiskStation offers lots of options for creating links to share files or request that some uploads files. It makes it really easy to just share a link that can have an expiration or a set number of times it is accessed.
  • We always had enough storage on our Synology DiskStation, we never had to worry about something being too big to upload or share.
  • Love how you can create folders that are shared and also have some that are private. This makes it so easy to have shared collaborations with coworkers or clients, but also allows you to have a private place to save things that only you need.
Cons
  • There were a few funny glitches that would happen sometimes when I would interact with the interface on a browser. Sometimes if you didn't click the box just right it would automatically closeout or take you back a bunch of steps/folders.
  • I would not get notified when things were uploaded. I tried to find the setting that would notify but was never able to. This made it hard to know when things were added without constantly checking.
  • Just a small thing, but sometimes it took a while for things to sync, so if one team member would upload it would take a while for it to show up on my end. This wasn't always happening but did occasionally.
Likelihood to Recommend
Synology DiskStation would be well suited for a smaller organization of under 100 employees where you have a lot of collaborating between teams and clients. If you have to have a common space to save documents and project files so both employees and clients can access or upload if needed, this product is perfect! You can create links for clients to access or upload files, while you and your coworkers have a shared collaboration space. If you have a large team, over 100 I would not recommend this product. For us, it seemed to work really well because there were about 20 of us using it, but it is hard for me to imagine it working well for a group that is 5x our size. I don't know, maybe it would still work really well. If you had to know exactly when something was updated and have real times updates on things being added, I would also not recommend this product.

Got large files? Synology handles them with ease.

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
May 18, 2021
Verified User
Technician in Information Technology
Religious Institutions Company, 11-50 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Synology DiskStation
3 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use it primarily among our creative teams and content management teams. We have found it much faster and easier to manage than a typical Windows file share. It's super easy to transfer large files between users using Synology!
Pros
  • File storage
  • File backup
  • File transfer
  • Ability to set user permissions granularly on file levels
Cons
  • The UI feels a little too much like a desktop, I'd like to see a cleaner, more original interface
  • The mobile app is difficult to use when accessing files remotely.
Likelihood to Recommend
Synology DiskStation is well-suited for large file storage / transfer / backup. It's easy to add / retrieve content as an authenticated user on the network. We've used it to store media for a local ministry for backup and retention. There's a cloud backup plugin that we use to keep the data stored offsite.

Synology is the new Apple Server

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
March 03, 2021
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Justin Esgar
CEO/President - 360° IT Consulting, Server Management, IT Security
Virtua Computers Inc. (Computer Networking, 1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Synology DiskStation
3 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We deploy Synology DiskStation across many clients who needed to have their Apple-based servers replaced. With easy filesharing on AFP or SMB protocols, the Disk Station was a no brainer. We have them deployed as a backup solution for some clients, and a Plex server for others. Using the built in tools that came with Synology DiskStation - such as Hyperbackup and Cloud Sync has made it very easy to provide solid solutions for clients.
Pros
  • Easy of Use
  • Storage controls are simple to use and manage
  • Ease of access, using their built in DDNS/QuickConnect tool
  • Price for the unit itself (w/out hard drives) is very competitive
Cons
  • They have been promising the next OS for over 2 years now
  • Support is iffy depending on the problem
  • Reporting is cumbersome - there are SO many reports - to manage them all is a pain.
Likelihood to Recommend
It's great if you need a simple server for filesharing, or to use one of the built in components, such as Drive Sync, Google/Office365 backups.

Due do the lack of fiber connectivity, or thunderbolt connectivity - doing video editing has been tough, even on units where we can bind all the ethernet ports (such as the RS4017).

Synology DiskStation a Versatile Solution That Provides Excellent ROI!

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
February 24, 2022
Verified User
Technician in Information Technology
Electrical & Electronic Manufacturing Company, 1001-5000 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Synology DiskStation
8 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We utilized Synology DiskStation as NAS to replace the Windows file server on our smaller sites. It has helped us reduce the need to set up a server for smaller offices. We were also able to utilize the built-in and free backup solution Hyperbackup to backup to the cloud (either AWS or Azure) and reduced the need to purchase a backup solution, tapes, and the need for an offsite tape repository for data air gaping. We have also used it as a SAN on or DEV/QA VMWare cluster as well as a medium office. It provided us with a cost-effective solution for medium-sized offices that did not require enterprise-level SAN solutions using iSCSI. Finally, we had used it as a backup server replacing our previous tape drive solution. Using the Synology Diskstation has allowed us to forgo having to purchase tapes and offsite storage facilities for them. We use Synology's Active Backup for Business to backup the data. As an added bonus, backups are deduped allowing more backup frequency. Furthermore using Hyperbackup to send the data to either AWS or Azure provides us an offsite data repository for our backups.
Pros
  • Synology's NAS feature provides cost-effective and flexible file server solutions. The ability to expand the array dynamically is a great feature. It helps reduce the footprint needed when setting up a small office.
  • The Hyperback utility is a flexible and powerful backup solution. It can backup the NAS shares as well as other components of the DiskStation. It provides the option to replicate the data to another Synology as well as to the cloud. It is compatible with AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.
  • Active Backup for Business is another great backup solution that is available on Synology. It can be used to back up a physical server, VMWare virtual machines, SMB shares, etc. It can do deduplication, reducing the required storage for backups and allowing for more iterations.
Cons
  • A more robust search feature in Filestation. It is sometimes difficult to search for files in the DiskStation.
  • Improvement on the clustered NAS setup. We've had headaches after setting up a NAS cluster. Once in a while, it goes haywire and we have to figure out if there is any data loss.
  • Better support process now that they are delving into more enterprise solutions. Having the ability to call support instead of e-mails would be great especially on critical issues.
  • Expand dual controller options for the DiskStation.
Likelihood to Recommend
The Synology DiskStation is well suited as a NAS solution, easy enough to mirror a Windows file server shares setup. Access to the Hyperbackup utility eliminates the need to purchase a tape backup solution. A portable USB drive can be used as the initial backup target. For air gap purposes can connect Hyperbackup to the various cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, GCP to copy backup data there. Utilizing it as a backup solution has also been great, instead of purchasing a tape solution, tapes and an offsite tape repository. Active Backup for Business is another excellent backup utility for physical servers, VMWare virtual machines, etc. Restoring files is fairly intuitive. Until Synology introduced the dual controller setup, using it as a SAN was less appropriate as there was occasional downtime when the controller had an issue but this was less important for the scenarios we were using it for. It would be more of a concern if we had used it for things that require more robust uptime requirements. Overall we are happy with the features of the Synology DiskStation.

DiskStation Review

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
July 22, 2021
Verified User
Administrator in Human Resources
Law Practice Company, 1-10 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Synology DiskStation
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Synology DiskStation acts as our onsite file server as well as internal messaging chat system. We are able to seamlessly integrate it as a shared drive across the office. Allowing everyone to have access to the same files. We are also able to control access so management has access to their specific filing.
Pros
  • Chat client
  • File Server
Cons
  • Remote access is a little cumbersome
Likelihood to Recommend
If someone is looking for onsite data storage without getting a server this is a good in between.
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