Synology Download Station Add On for Google Chrome

If you use the Chrome browser and have a Synology NAS, there is a new add on that allows for downloading directly to the NAS using the NAS's download function. This is a pretty neat add on that is easy to setup and use. A video showing the add on installation and use is below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vNGzhmbLlh8

Source: system-log.com

Looks like a great way to easily move your download tasks directly to the Synology NAS. You can find the Synology

Synology Download Station Add On for Google Chrome

Comprehensive Guide To Setting Up Your FreeNAS Server To Access Your Files From Anywhere

Scribd has an interesting article with a comprehensive guide (with many screen shots) showing how to setup a FreeNAS NAS with the ability to access your files from anywhere that has internet access.

This guide is somewhat mis-titled because although it covers how to setup internet access to your FreeNAS device, it also covers how to install FreeNAS, configure shares etc.

Go on over to the guide to check it out.
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Plex Server Supports DLNA

Some NAS devices come with robust ability to run third party apps - Synology DSM 4.0, for example, allows running Squeezebox Server and Plex to name a few. Plex just got more interesting with its ability to support DLNA devices which means that you don't need to run a special client in order to access videos and files on the sever.

Beta News has a post that describes the DLNA feature of the newest Plex server version:
With the release of Plex Server 0.9.6.1, users no longer have to install

Plex Server Supports DLNA

Synology Diskstation DS212 Unboxing

Click below to watch a quick unboxing of the Synology DS212 2 drive NAS:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVXkCxkYWVc
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How to install and configure SnapRAID on Ubuntu Server

There is a new guide on how to install and configure SnapRAID on Ubuntu Server. Snapraid is:
Beside the ability to recover from disk failures, the other features of SnapRAID are:

You can start using SnapRAID with already filled disks.
The disks of the array can have different sizes.
You can add disks at any time.
If you accidentally delete some files in a disk, you can recover them.
If more than two disks fail, you lose the data only on the failed disks. All the data in the

How to install and configure SnapRAID on Ubuntu Server

Run Quickbooks on Windows Home Server - Add On

Theofficemaven.com has released another in its series of add ons for Windows Home Server (WHS) 2011 - this time for running Quickbooks from Windows Home Server 2011. Run one copy of Quickbooks and up to 10 computers on the network can access their own instance of Quickbooks:
WHS QuickBooks 2011 can run a server-installed copy of QuickBooks from any computer just as if it were running directly on the local computer. QuickBooks runs in its own fully resizable window with its own entry in the

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Netgear ReadyNAS Ultra 2 Plus Network Media Storage Device Review

Bigpicturebigsound.com has added a review of the ReadyNAS Ultra 2 Plus NAS. After giving an extensive run through of the features on this ReadyNAS model, the review concludes:
Built like a tank, it runs quiet and responds quickly when anything is asked of it. Highly recommended.

Source: Bigpicturebigsound.com
Reviews over at Amazon are very positive for this high performance two bay NAS.
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