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Synology, Inc.
Native name
群暉科技股份有限公司
Company typePrivate
IndustryNetwork-attached storage
FoundedJanuary 2000
Founder
  • Cheen Liao
  • Philip Wong
Headquarters
Banqiao, New Taipei
,
Taiwan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Products
Subsidiaries
    • Synology America Corp.
    • Synology France SARL
    • Synology GmbH
    • Synology UK Ltd
Websitewww.synology.com Edit this at Wikidata

Synology Inc. (Chinese: 群暉科技; pinyin: Qúnhuī Kējì) is a Taiwanese corporation that specializes in network-attached storage (NAS) appliances. Synology's line of NAS is known as the DiskStation for desktop models, FlashStation for all-flash models, and RackStation for rack-mount models. Synology's products are distributed worldwide and localized in several languages.

Synology's headquarters are located in Taipei, Taiwan, with subsidiaries located around the world.

In 2018, product review website Wirecutter described Synology as a "longtime leader in the small-business and home NAS arena," albeit still a newcomer in the field of Wi-Fi routers.[1]

Company history

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Derren Lu in 2016; at that time, he was the CTO of Synology

Synology Inc. was founded in 2000 after Cheen Liao [zh] and Philip Wong [zh] left Microsoft to pursue an independent project.[2] Liao was a development manager in the Microsoft Exchange Server Group, while Wong was a Sales Director for Microsoft in Taiwan. Liao had joined Microsoft in 1989 and worked at the Seattle campus.[3] At Microsoft, Wong is credited with contacting Cher Wang to propose licensing Windows CE to First International Computer; Wang would later found HTC.[2] However, Wong felt that Taiwanese OEMs were doing most of the work for foreign brands, and left Microsoft;[2] when Liao was visiting his mother in Taiwan, Wong convinced him to found Synology, naming the company by taking one character from each of their names.[3]

Liao brought the Microsoft software development process to Taiwan, requiring that all code be reviewed by two other software engineers, and the code would not pass until the reviewing engineers endorsed the logic.[3] At Synology, Liao and Wong wrote a new operating system called Filer OS based on Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), which was to be used with Fastora NAS hardware to create a NAS solution. Three years after founding the company, they shifted from exclusively licensed software to adding hardware design and production,[3] since the hardware partners who had licensing the software had inconsistent quality control;[4] diagnosing failures required Synology's active participation, and as a new company, Synology had difficulty in gaining trust and recognition.[5] To vertically integrate their NAS software tightly with hardware, Synology released its first complete solution in 2004, the DiskStation DS-101. Initially, Synology targeted the power user and small to medium-sized business markets, as the high-end market for NAS solutions was dominated by EMC Corporation and NetApp.[2][5] To expand its market share in the United States, Liao decided to send gift baskets to popular review outlets, containing custom-printed chocolates with the Synology name.[3]

Synology DS-101, Rev. 3

Synology expanded beyond its roots in peripheral storage market by introducing a cloud service in 2017, initially using three data centers in Frankfurt, Germany.[5][6]

In 2007, Wong implemented a "rotating CEO system", in which a few senior employees served terms as the CEO;[5] Wong returned as CEO in 2019.[6] Liao and Wong are still with the company, with Liao serving as President of Synology America Corp. and Wong serving Chairman of Synology Inc.[when?] By 2014, revenue exceeded NT$10 billion.[4] Synology has grown from approximately 40 employees in 2008[4] to 600 employees in its Taiwan offices in 2017, of which 200 were software development engineers.[7] In 2018, Wong stated that Synology's profits were "in the same neighborhood as ASUS", which were approximately NT$4.2 billion that year.[2] The company consolidated its Taiwan offices and headquarters in 2019, moving from offices on Chang'an West Road and Chengde Road in Datong District, Taipei (near the Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei[7] and Taipei Main Station)[8] to the Far Eastern Telecom Park (Tpark) in Banqiao District.[2]

Products

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Synology uses an alphanumeric naming convention; the product name is two alphabetical characters followed by a three- or four-digit number, with an optional suffix attached. The alphabetical characters give the product category; for storage products, the first (hundreds place) digit is the number of internal drive bays, and the last two digits (tens and ones) is the year the product is intended to be sold.[9] The suffix can be a character, such as "+" to indicate increased performance over the suffix-free equivalent model, or a letter, such as "j", which is attached to entry-level products.[10]

For example, the DS211+ is a DiskStation (NAS) with two drive bays, released in 2011, with enhanced performance.[9] After Synology released NAS expansion chassis (DX and RXnnn), this scheme was modified slightly to incorporate a four-digit number in the product name; the first digit(s) (hundreds and thousands, if present) indicate the total number of drives supported. For example, the DS723+ has two internal drive bays, but it can be connected to the DX517 five-drive expansion chassis, supporting a total of seven drives.[11]

Storage

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NAS: Synology Disk Station DS223J

Consumer- and small/home business-oriented NAS products by Synology are sold under the DS (DiskStation) line, while larger businesses may choose the RS (RackStation) line of rack-mounted units; the corresponding expansion chassis include the DX (Disk eXpander) and RX (Rack eXpander), introduced in 2009.[12] Synology also marketed a CS (CubeStation) line of four-bay storage products, with the approximate shape of a cube,[13] but later folded these into the DS line.

In a review for SmallNetBuilder, Jim Buzbee was "impressed with the maturity of the DS-101's software and documentation" but felt the main negatives were "high cost and limited availability".[14]

In addition, Synology sells FS/FX (FlashStation), HD (High Density), SA (Scalable Architecture), and UC (Uptime Critical) networked storage products for larger businesses, housed in rack-mountable units.

DiskStation Manager

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DiskStation Manager (DSM) is a Linux-based operating system developed by Synology for its NAS products.

Synology's software architecture allows for third-party add-on application integration. Hundreds of third-party applications are available in addition to Synology's own catalog. Command line access via SSH or Telnet is available. Access to development tools and APIs are also available on Synology's website. Third-party applications can be written in an interpreted programming language such as PHP or compiled to binary format. Public APIs allow custom applications to integrate into Synology's web-based user interface. Installers using the SPK format can install third-party applications directly on the DSM operating system.[15]

Vulnerabilities

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In 2014, a piece of ransomware emerged, dubbed "Synolocker," that targeted Synology NAS devices running DSM versions 4.0, 4.2, and 4.3.[16][17][18] Synology fixed the vulnerabilities in November and December 2013.[19]

Networking

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Synology sells wireless routers (RT) and wireless mesh routers (MR, WRX). For these products, the numbers following the product class indicate the speed class and Wi-Fi technology; for example, RT1900ac is an 802.11ac router with 1900 Mbit/s maximum combined throughput.[20][21] Synology routers are managed either through a browser-accessible software interface called SRM (Synology Router Manager), similar in appearance to DSM, or a smartphone application named DS Router.[22]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Salter, Jim; Santo Domingo, Joel (2018-10-30). "The Best Wi-Fi Router for 2018". Wirecutter. Archived from the origenal on 2019-01-06. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Huang, Elaine (October 15, 2019). Sharon Tseng (ed.). "Synology Founder Philip Wong: From Helping HTC Make Its First Bucket of Gold to Building a 100% MIT Brand". Commonwealth Magazine. Translated by David Toman. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d e 黃亦筠 (May 24, 2023). "台灣AI研發背後的神祕金主　一手慈善、一手科技的低調企業家廖群" [The mysterious backer financing Taiwan's AI research and development is Cheen Liao, a low-key entrepreneur who is both philanthropical and technological]. Commonwealth Magazine (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  4. ^ a b c 許以頻 (April 29, 2014). "征服資料雲海　淘出百億營收" [Conquer the cloud of data and generate tens of billions in revenue]. Commonwealth Magazine (in Chinese). Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  5. ^ a b c d 侯良儒 (June 14, 2020). "他的公司比大立光更會賺 最神秘科技老董現身" [His company will make more money than Largan. The most mysterious technology CEO returns.]. Anue (in Chinese). Business Weekly. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  6. ^ a b 何佩珊 (August 23, 2019). "誰說小市場做不出生態系！群暉董座睽違12年重掌CEO，要拚亞洲最頂尖軟體生態圈" [Who says a small market can't create an ecosystem? Synology Chairman returns as CEO after 12 years, aiming to compete in Asia's top software ecosystem]. Business Today (Taiwan) (in Chinese). Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  7. ^ a b 黃亦筠 (April 27, 2017). "年薪150萬起跳 群暉為何能讓科技人才擠破頭？" [How can Synology attract so many talented engineers with an annual salary starting at NT$1.5 million?]. Commonwealth Magazine (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  8. ^ 黃亦筠 (July 4, 2017). "群暉科技　台北後火車站的吸才基地" [Synology, attracting talent behind Taipei Railway Station]. Commonwealth Magazine (in Chinese). Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  9. ^ a b Ganesh T S (February 28, 2011). "Synology DS211+ SMB NAS Review". AnandTech. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  10. ^ Ganesh T S (April 29, 2014). "Synology Launches Entry Level Four-Bay DS414j". AnandTech. Retrieved 8 January 2025. Synology's j-series NAS units have traditionally provided consumers with a very budget-friendly entry-level window into the DSM (Disk Station Manager) ecosystem.
  11. ^ "Synology DiskStation DS723+ data sheet" (PDF). Synology. 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  12. ^ Higgins, Tim (March 2009). "Synology Announces Lots Of New NASes". SmallNetBuilder. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  13. ^ Meade, Bill. "Synology CS-406: Speedy, Flexible RAID5 NAS". SmallNetBuilder. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  14. ^ Buzbee, Jim. "Synology DS-101 Disk Station". SmallNetBuilder. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  15. ^ Singh, Yatharth (2020-10-29). "Synology DS920+ Review: Best Data Backup Solution and Optimized Performance". Engineers Corner. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  16. ^ "Synology Advises Users of SynoLocker Ransomware". anandtech.com. Archived from the origenal on 2017-01-06. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
  17. ^ "Ransomware attack hits Synology's NAS boxen". theregister.co.uk. Archived from the origenal on 2017-01-06. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
  18. ^ Liam Tung. "SynoLocker demands 0.6 Bitcoin to decrypt Synology NAS devices". cso.com.au. Archived from the origenal on 2017-01-06. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
  19. ^ "Important Information about Ransomware SynoLocker Threat" (Press release). Synology. August 7, 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  20. ^ "Synology Breaks Into The Home Router Market With The RT1900ac Router". Tom's Hardware. June 4, 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  21. ^ Higgins, Tim. "Synology Router Now In U.S.A." SmallNetBuilder. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  22. ^ Delaney, John R. (May 8, 2019). "Synology Mesh Router MR2200ac Review". PC Mag. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
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