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Why should you never exceed an MTU of 1500 bytes everywhere?
Understand MTU, Jumbo Frames, fragmentation and silent packet loss before switching a NAS or local network from an MTU of 1500 to 9000 bytes.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Install Uptime Kuma on Synology and Monitor Your Services
Deploy Uptime Kuma with Container Manager, configure the DSM firewall and reverse proxy, then create your first monitors and notifications.