Synology
| Synology Inc.
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| legal form | Incorporated |
| founding | 2000 |
| Seat | Taipei , Taiwan |
| management | Philip Wong |
| Number of employees | ~ 1000 |
| sales | over $ 250 million dollars |
| Branch | Information technology |
| Website | www.synology.com |
Synology Inc. ( Chinese : 群 暉 科技, Qúnhuī Kējì ) is a Taiwanese hardware and software manufacturer. The core of the business are network attached storage devices ( NAS for short ), routers and monitoring solutions. Founded in January 2000 by Cheen Liao and Philip Wong, the company employs more than 400 people.
Synology is one of the market leaders in the NAS segment. According to Alex Wang, the CEO of the American subsidiary, the market share is between 40 and 50 percent worldwide.
Synology's line of NAS is known as DiskStation for desktop models, FlashStation for all-flash models, and RackStation for rackmount models. Synology's products are sold worldwide and are localized into multiple languages. Synology's headquarters are located in Taipei , Taiwan . There are branches in several locations around the world.
Branches
| branch | founding |
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| Synology America Headquarters in Bellevue , Washington , United States | June 2006 |
| Synology America in Washington DC , Washington , United States | - |
| Synology UK Ltd in Milton Keynes , England , United Kingdom | October 2006 |
| Synology GmbH in Düsseldorf , Germany | May 2011 |
| Synology France SARL in Puteaux , France | March 2012 |
| Synology Shanghai, Shanghai , China | - |
| Synology Japan Co., Ltd., Tokyo , Japan | - |
Synology DiskStation
Synology DiskStation is Synology's Network Attached Storage (NAS) unit. DiskStation is a pedestal / tower integrated NAS device that ranges from one bay to 24 bays in a single enclosure. Some models are characterized by storage scalability , where physical units can be linked together for additional storage without the need to rebuild the volume or lose availability.
Synology FlashStation
Synology FlashStation is a full flash version of DiskStation.
Synology RackStation
The Synology RackStation is a rack-mounted version of the DiskStation. It has the same characteristics as the DiskStation with the difference that it is intended for installation in a 19-inch rack frame. Some of Synology's rack models have redundant power supplies. Like its desktop-oriented sibling, selected RackStation models also offer memory scalability.
software
Synology also develops software. This includes, on the one hand, the operating systems for its hardware and, on the other hand, client applications.
The DiskStation Manager (DSM) is a Linux -based operating system for NAS devices of the series DiskStation and RackStation . The user interface is web-based . Synology DSM is the foundation of DiskStation, which integrates the basic functions of file sharing, centralized backup, RAID storage, multimedia streaming, virtual storage, and using the DiskStation as a network video recorder. Synology also offers its users free mobile apps or packages, including support for iOS, Android, and Kindle Fire. This includes both in-house developments and external software such as Mediawiki , GitLab or PHP .
The Router Manager (SRM) is an operating system for routers . Synology Router Manager (SRM) is derived from DiskStation Manager (DSM).
The MR2200AC mesh router supports up to 2.53 Gbps while running a 717 MHz quad core CPU. The RT2600ac supports up to 2.53 Gbps while running a 1.7 GHz dual core CPU.
Cloud Station is a file hosting and backup system in which a Synology NAS is the server. Official client applications were originally available for Mac OS and Windows , but are now also available for Linux .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Synology® Announces Management Changes , on synology.com, accessed on June 16, 2020
- ↑ Simon Sharwood: NAS vendor Synology taking on Microsoft, Dell, Slack and AWS ( en ) In: The Register . October 6, 2016. Accessed August 23, 2018.
- ↑ a b Synology: About Us . Retrieved August 25, 2018.
- ↑ Jobs & Careers . In: Synology.com . Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 2015.
- ↑ Torben Blatter: NAS: QNAP or Synology - a comparison. Chip , November 18, 2013, accessed August 23, 2018 .
- ↑ TS Ganesh: Next-Gen NAS: An Interview with Alex Wang, CEO of Synology America ( en ) In: AnandTech . July 24, 2018.
- ↑ Product list | Synology Inc. Retrieved June 8, 2020 .
- ↑ branch | Synology Inc. Retrieved June 8, 2020 .
- ↑ branch | Synology Inc. Retrieved June 8, 2020 .
- ↑ FlashStation FS6400. Retrieved June 8, 2020 .
- ↑ Synology Inc. Retrieved June 8, 2020 .
- ↑ FS6400 | Synology Inc. Retrieved June 8, 2020 .
- ↑ RS1219 + | Synology Inc. Retrieved June 8, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Synology: Download Center - DS118 ( en ) Retrieved August 25, 2018.
- ↑ Synology Inc .: Support Portal - Synology - Network Attached Storage (NAS). In: www.synology.com. Retrieved March 9, 2016 .
- ↑ packages | Synology Inc. Retrieved June 8, 2020 .
- ↑ Synology: Packages . Retrieved August 25, 2018.
- ↑ Synology Inc .: Router RT1900ac | Synology Inc. Retrieved on August 23, 2018 .
- ↑ Synology MR2200ac │ More secure WiFi throughout the house │ WPA3 certified | Synology Inc. Retrieved June 8, 2020 .
- ↑ Synology RT2600ac │ AC2600 High Speed WiFi Router │ Parental Controls and Security │ | Synology Inc. Retrieved June 8, 2020 .
- ↑ Carsten Knobloch: Synology DSM 6.0: Cloud Station Backup secures the PC . In: Caschy's blog . February 18, 2016.
- ^ John Timmer: Synology offers a Dropbox substitute — meet the personal cloud ( en ) In: Ars Technica . February 4, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2018.