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Verified User in Wholesale

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/15/2019

"Great device to organize data and share files to clients as well as employees"

5/5

What do you like best about DiskStation?

I love the easy setup. You can port forward or use their link. This serves as our companies file server, that we can share firmware updates with. This file station can be accessed from anywhere using a web browser. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DiskStation?

It can be a little slow at times but it depends on users and internet connection speeds. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering DiskStation:

Depending on volume i would purchase a unit robust enough for your tasks Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is DiskStation solving and how is that benefiting you?

This file server works flawlessly in our multi office environment. We can also make accounts for customers to view specific folders. We also have a private files for employees only. The File station can create temporary share links that can you download from without logging in. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UD

Verified User in Design

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/9/2019

"Great for expanding home network storage"

5/5

What do you like best about DiskStation?

Using a laptop with limited space, I also enjoy the security of knowing my files are safe at home but accessible anywhere without any mothly cloud storage fees. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DiskStation?

The operating system is a little sluggish and moments software is a little clunky. This may be as I have an older disk station ds215 Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

FB

Frank B.

EVP

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/1/2018

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"Synology DiskStation - Great solution"

4/5

What do you like best about DiskStation?

The ease of use for the solution, tied in with the Synology Product line, makes a great 1 - 2 punch for all of your NAS needs and wants. Whether you are a one-person shop, or you have a small or medium-size business, Synology has the solution for you, Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DiskStation?

It is a little confusing in getting the right NAS for a client, sometimes you will have to reach out to Synology directly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering DiskStation:

Continue to add new features to this solution, any company can start with a NAS, and have it grow with them as needed. Need more hard drive space upgrade or add new drives to the current unit. Looking to deploy a second unit for data redundancy not an issue, software is available for FREE to Sync 1 to another unit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is DiskStation solving and how is that benefiting you?

A client needed to have a backup for their O365, as well as a location for all their confidential documents, so key individuals could have access to them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AM

Verified User in Medical Devices

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/22/2019

"EASY USEFUL"

4.5/5

What do you like best about DiskStation?

The pre-packaged applications that make it super easy to set up, install, and run internal wiki pages, shared drives, shared document hosting, employee management software, and backup software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DiskStation?

Pay attention to which version of hardware you have, because some of the new packages aren't supported and minimum requirements aren't easily displayed on the package manager. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AS

Verified User in Sporting Goods

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/13/2019

"Great small business software"

5/5

What do you like best about DiskStation?

Synology has some very solid products and the software is very easy to use and user friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DiskStation?

Some of the labeling is not intuitive. There are things that are not clear if you only go into the software occasionally. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UH

Verified User in Higher Education

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/8/2019

"First Time User"

4.5/5

What do you like best about DiskStation?

What I like the most so far is the ability to create a private cloud for my internal graphics team to help browse through photos placed in the drives. What's even better, the archive is user friendly and reliable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DiskStation?

I feel there's space to improve on but not much to dislike so far. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering DiskStation:

If protecting your data is top priority and being able to access that data from almost anywhere securely, DiskStation definitely does that and more and all in an intuitive user interface. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is DiskStation solving and how is that benefiting you?

With DiskStation, this helps our visual media team archive photos and video in a much higher quality of back up protection. Reliable 5 RAID machines are expensive and Synology has made a much more affordable way of protecting our data and making it easy to manage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

BJ

Brendan J.

Chief Architect

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/6/2019

"Awesome"

5/5

What do you like best about DiskStation?

Easy to use, clean UI, responsive and easy to upgrade Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DiskStation?

It would be good to integrate with SSO providers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JJ

Jeff J.

Director Of Marketing And Business Development

Non-Profit Organization Management

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/22/2019

"DiskStation Manager"

4.5/5

What do you like best about DiskStation?

This product handles like a champ. I am able to easily integrate products which help with our local intranet Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DiskStation?

To date, we have not had a problem or issue. Backups are easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AC

Verified User in Construction

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/15/2018

"Nice OS for your Netowrk Attached Storge"

4/5

What do you like best about DiskStation?

Synology does a great job with their DiskStation software. It is simple but robust, full of endless features for all types of scenarios for your network storage. Some great features include email server, cloud backup and even a web server. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DiskStation?

I have had a weird issues with the DiskStation and Windows Explorer in Windows 7. Sometimes, windows will not allow you to create files and folders inside the NAS folders, it provides an error saying the folder is in use by a program, but the folder is not. It is a weird bug that I have only experienced when using this software with Windows 7. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Serdar S.

Helpdesk Manager

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/29/2018

"Most affordable and reliable NAS"

4.5/5

What do you like best about DiskStation?

Easy to setup and deploy within minutes. Lots of packages that can be installed to expand the capabilities beyond just storage Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DiskStation?

Logging could be better when trying to troubleshoot an issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.