Connecting Synology AI to a local LLM with Ollama or LM Studio
Running a language model at home, exposing it as an OpenAI-compatible API and wiring it into Synology AI Console to power MailPlus and Office without any online service.
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AI in Synology MailPlus with Synology AI Console
Linking MailPlus to an AI service, producing conversation summaries, drafting and translating replies, then anonymising the data sent through de-identification.
AI in Synology Office with Synology AI Console
Writing, summarising, proofreading and translating in Synology Document, and getting formulas and analyses in Synology Spreadsheet once AI Console is configured.
Easy Disk Checker: diagnosing drives, SSDs and USB sticks
Reading S.M.A.R.T. data, scanning the surface, spotting a USB stick with a faked capacity, creating an image and recovering a lost partition table, all from a single portable executable.
Enabling deduplication on a Synology NAS
Configuring DSM 7.4 storage efficiency on a Btrfs volume, and understanding the risks of an unofficial script with third-party drives.
ASUSTOR Nimbustor 4 AS5304T: review and field notes
A four-bay NAS that looks compelling on paper, with two 2.5 GbE ports, RAID 5 and ADM, but whose software and cooling call for a few compromises.
Synology Web Station: adding www to a site
Setting up a www portal in DSM 7.2, redirecting it to the main domain and avoiding duplicate URLs.
S3-compatible storage on a Synology NAS with RustFS
Deploying RustFS in Container Manager, publishing the S3 API and the console behind a reverse proxy, then creating a first bucket.
UmbrelOS for a home server on a mini PC
Installing umbrelOS on a mini PC, exploring its interface and App Store, then weighing its strengths and limits on DIY hardware.
Connecting Proxmox to a Synology NAS UPS with NUT
Using the NUT server built into DSM to shut down virtual machines and the Proxmox host cleanly after a power cut.