Tag: Reliability

In the world of storage, the hard drive is often seen as a commodity. It's easy to assume that any drive with the right interface and capacity will "just work" in a NAS. But after decades of supporting millions of Synology systems across home, SMB, and enterprise environments, we’ve learned otherwise. The hidden cost of unrecognized or incompatible drives Behind every reliable storage deployment lies a finely tuned chain of interdependent elements: hardware, firmware, operating systems, and workload behavior, all working in harmony. But what happens when that integration is missing? We've seen it firsthand through years of customer support

In surveillance applications, losing even a single frame can mean missing crucial details, affecting event reconstruction and security accuracy. However, due to their wireless nature, Wi-Fi cameras are susceptible to network fluctuations, leading to unstable video transmission and even frame loss. To address this issue, Synology has developed Seamless Recording Recovery (SRR) technology, which leverages edge recording to automatically recover lost footage caused by network instability, ensuring the continuity of surveillance video. Core Mechanisms of Video Transmission and Network Challenges for Wi-Fi Cameras In surveillance systems, real-time video transmission is critical and relies on multiple protocols and technologies to ensure

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link One thing many people overlook in a storage system is how the actual drives that go into the system play a vital role in determining the overall dependability of the solution. At the same time, business environments also demand more. They require performance and predictability. Why we're introducing our HAT5300 enterprise hard drives Synology can control what components we use in our NAS. We also design and thoroughly test our DiskStation Manager (DSM) operating system and software ecosystem on our devices to ensure they work well together. But how do

One of our most important goals in 2019 was “reliability.” To get there, we changed many of our internal development policies and methods. Let’s take a brief look back at what we did, and a sneak peek at what's coming in 2020. DSM We made eight releases1 in 2019, a significantly lower amount than in previous years. It isn’t a sign that we’re slowing down development but instead reflects our new focus on reliability. We adopted a slower update cadence to allow more time for additional rounds of internal testing. Stages a typical DSM update goes through: Automated In-Development Testing