Synology Drive

Synology Drive gives an opportunity to create own cloud for personal or corporate use with the absolute property right to data and without payment for a subscription. Thanks to terabytes of space for data storage of Synology Drive provides quick access to files from any place in the world, synchronization and backup, joint work over documents in real time, optimization of file sharing between offices at any time.

2019: Synology Drive 2.0

On August 22, 2019 Synology Inc company. released Synology Drive 2.0, large updating of cross-platform software for joint work which provides the increased flexibility thanks to synchronization functions on demand and to safer mechanism of file sharing. Updating includes the additional Synology Drive Server functions and the corresponding clients for Windows, Mac and Linux and also represents Drive ShareSync, allowing several Synology NAS devices to act as clients of synchronization for Drive Server.

"The method of file sharing, joint work over them and their synchronization is one of the key factors defining business performance. The solution Synology Drive 2.0 is created on the basis of Cloud Station, but is not limited to file synchronization and version control. Developed for the companies with different workflows and requirements, Drive 2.0 differs in opportunities of setup and efficiency of use of resources and also security and convenience in work", 'Hans Huang, the product marketing manager of Synology company noted'

Key Synology Drive 2.0 functions mentioned by the developer:

• File synchronization
  • Synchronization on demand allows to download files only on demand to reduce the volume of the used space of local storage and at the same time to support the directory of synchronization in current status.
  • Drive ShareSync can synchronize files between several NAS devices, simplifying joint work with files on different platforms.

• Backup of the PC
  • Accomplishment of file backup of the PC on Synology NAS in real time using the client of Drive for the desktop systems at emergence of any changes.
  • an Opportunity to plan problems of backup for hours of low loading to avoid an overload of network traffic.

• General access to files
  • File sharing without efforts — creation of the general link for only several actions using the configured domain and additional parameters of the general access.
  • Convenient viewing contents. The preview player of PDF and a document viewer provide more convenient viewing files of the general access.
  • Safe management of providing access — shutdown of parameters of downloading and copying for protection of the general contents.