Synology NAS Setup Guide 2020 - Surveillance Station, IP Cameras and Storage

With the release of the already hugely popular DS920+, DS720+, DS420+ and DS220+ NAS Drive from Synology, it is worth highlighting that is one of the most proficient and powerful network storage devices for home and small business users of 2020. Despite this popularity, for many users, the Synology diskstation is likely to be their first real experience of a NAS drive and despite its similarity to a desktop computer, the setup and use of a Synology NAS and DSM (diskstation manager) may be a little intimidating. Fear not, as it’s actually really user-friendly and I’ve created a whole bunch of guides to help you get to grips with your new piece of hardware. This guide is to help you get the most from your new NAS drive.

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[RJ_Cormac]

This should be mandatory for people to watch before asking questions!

[marksterling]

Great video, on the Synology surveillance station. But remember save the seagull

[kevinconrad]

Excellent video. The bit about the seagulls in particular.

[mattscomp]

Very helpful video thanks! I had a Unifi Video NVR on an old PC and my new Synology NAS is replacing it. Unifi Video as a product/service is basically dead. I had terrible trouble getting my Bullet G3 camera to talk to surveillance station. A reset of the camera resolved it though and all is working now. Anyone else migrating their cameras from another system. Reset your camera settings. Don't be like me and spend hours wondering why it's not working. Anyway Surveillance Station sure seems pretty impressive to me!

[Theo]

Thank you for this great video. Can we connect 2 cameras to a NAS with one of these being remote from the NAS? For example, my NAS is in my office and i want to install one camera to my office and another camera at home. Is that possible at all?

[EsotericArctos]

I've recently been going through all the Synology video's again as I decided to look to an alternative to running a computer 24/7 for another product. The Synology interface is still a little antiquated compared to the one I had been using, but it is perfectly usable. It will be good if Synology combine timeline into the live view. The big thing here though is energy saving. As I run the NAS anyway, shutting off the computer will be a but energy saving and the Synology is a good option.
I tried an external Dahua NVR, but it couldn't do everything I wanted, one of the big things was recording low res 24/7 and switching to high res on an alert. Synology can do that.

[przemysawbrodzik]

Hello, thanks for the video, very usefull. Can i make with this setup a video surveillance for 3 separate shops, and use it as center at my home?

[chukwudianucha]

Nic video.
We had the Synology rs3614xs+ but it got damaged due to liquid intrusion early this year.
Which device would you recommend. Something with similar features would be great. Thanks.

[jamskof]

great overview! on say a synology 920+ 24/7 does surveillance transcoding take its toll on the life of your nas?

[peterkral]

I can not find surveillance station in package center.

[leftywhat]

Does Surveillance Station effect the overall speed of the system, for say Windows SMB and for Plex? Would running 4x cameras at 8MP at 20FPS slow it down? That's one thing I'm trying to understand, one side of me says to get the NAS to do it, the other side says it will slow the system down and then the HDDs are spinning 24/7, rather than just a dedicated NVR drive spinning and the NAS can sit quietly until needed for file sharing/plex/kodi.

[JBoya]

Very useful video. I want to add cameras at my home. However, I do not want to scrub through hours of video to find events. Looks like I can do this with surveillance station. Any suggestions on which NAS to get for a 4 camera setup. I will be using 4k cameras connected to ethernet. The NAS will be dedicated to surveillance.

[gootube]

Thanks for good instruction. I have some questions.
Can we connect Surveillance Station from out side like Quick Connect?
If we can, how to setup it?
Thank you so much,

[neilm]

What was the reolink camera you used? The Argus 3 in it's FAQ say it's not supported, so I am assuming it wasn't that :)

Looking for an external camera with WIFI, battery powered with local storage.

Thank you for the video, btw.

[jonphanspromotions]

Is it possible for you to do a video for Wyze cameras with Wester digital Mirror cloud?

[le_med]

Do you have to pay to have lets say 10 cameras? Is the license only for 2 with the NAS?

[Lylevp]

I do not have internet at my house and instead Hotspot my desktop computer from my mobile. Can these cameras be installed and used with this set up? I know I will not be able to remotely view the video.

[darkangelo]

Question: Looking for PTZ Outdoor IP Camera for Synology use. Only ask was Human/Vehicle ID and Pan, Tilt, Zoom. What camera would be best or most compatible. Cost isnt really an issue. I've look on Synology site for compatibility and ....no thanks. That site needs some serious work to be useful.

[stoptheirlies]

Good vid but You keep saying there are lots of things you can do but don't say how to do them, You say you can stream an area on a camera as a separate stream, but didn't say how to do it, I would like to know how to do it?

[dalemckeown]

ive got the DS920+ nas running a ANNKKE C800 4K resolution but surveillance station is having trouble handling it, any ideas why?