How to set up Synology for your Business: COMPLETE BEGINNER GUIDE

This video is a complete guide for setting up a Synology NAS for business. I will be focusing on the fundamentals, from first receiving the NAS to up and running as a file server.

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TOC:
00:00 Introduction
01:53 What Synology should you buy?
05:18 Installing the drives and turning it on
08:12 Connecting to computer
09:52 Side note on best practices
12:13 Installing DSM
15:39 Creating storage pool
20:05 Schedule tasks I recommend (data scrubbing and Smart Test)
22:16 Security settings
25:14 UPS
26:22 Emptying the recycling bin
27:16 Setting up users and groups
35:45 Setup snapshots
39:08 How to mount drives
41:18 Snapshots demo
43:08 A few more useful settings to know
44:37 Backups
46:43 Videos to check out next
49:33 Conclusion

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