Synology @ COMPUTEX 2023 Interview: New NAS Servers, BeeDrive and extra!

During COMPUTEX 2023, Synology has as regular launched a slew of NAS servers and enhancements to the corporate’s DiskStation Manager (DSM) working system, it has additionally launched the Synology BeeDrive, a Personal Backup Hub with NAS-grade backup options for customers, and the Synology Plus Series exhausting drives, a brand new line up of consumer-grade NAS exhausting drives designed for dwelling and small enterprise customers who need probably the most dependable and very best efficiency on their Synology NAS servers.

We had the chance to go to Synology’s sales space at COMPUTEX 2023 and discuss to Jason Sin, Sales Manager of Synology Malaysia, to grasp additional what Synology has in thoughts for the Malaysian market, and what clients can count on to learn from the Synology BeeDrive as in comparison with a traditional moveable SSD.

[Warren]Hey Jason, it’s nice to be right here at Synology’s sales space in COMPUTEX 2023, what do you need to present this time?

[Jason] It’s nice to fulfill you right here, Warren. At the Synology Solution Exhibition, there are 6 demo areas (Collaboration, Storage, Data Protection, Surveillance, Cloud, Memories & Productivity, and New Products), in addition to an expertise middle for BeeDrive.

In our collaboration suite, you’re going to get an unique early preview of our upcoming generative AI integration for MailPlus and Office.

When it involves storage, we’re launching a spread of latest merchandise catering to each enterprise and shopper wants. This contains high-density storage with a formidable uncooked capability of as much as 4.8 PB and the flexibility to assist 300 drive bays.

Additionally, we now have the HAT3300 consumer-grade HDD and the BeeDrive shopper product.

Each resolution demo space is full of much more thrilling new options, ready so that you can discover.

[Warren]Let’s discuss concerning the Synology BeeDrive, what’s cool about it?

[Jason]  BeeDrive is an all-in-one private knowledge backup resolution.  In comparability to a NAS, BeeDrive is light-weight, moveable, and extraordinarily user-friendly. It’s a super resolution for anybody who wants the fundamental performance of a NAS backups however hasn’t bought one but as a consequence of its perceived complexity or upkeep efforts. Here are the spotlight options of BeeDrive:

– Back up Windows PCs (Coming quickly to macOS)

– Back up photographs/movies from iOS/Android units

– Plug in to sync information between computer systems

– Transfer information effortlessly from cellular to PC with BeeDrop

[Warren] What does the BeeDrive provide over different moveable SSD?

[Jason] BeeDrive is designed in a manner that requires a pc for synchronization and backup, reasonably than with the ability to join immediately with cellular units.

The synchronization and backup efficiency by means of direct reference to cellular units could be extremely unpredictable as a consequence of a number of components.

These embrace points with cables, USB/Lightning interfaces, energy consumption of exterior drives, and compatibility with totally different OS variations on cellular units.

Such components can typically result in disconnections or knowledge corruption.

However, it’s value noting that BeeDrive makes use of know-how much like Synology Photos, which has been field-proven by greater than 583K month-to-month lively customers, additional affirming its reliability and effectiveness.

[Warren] What kind of consumer do you assume will profit most from utilizing the Synology BeeDrive?

[Jason] BeeDrive is right for a variety of customers, together with:

▪ People who manually transfer their photographs to an exterior drive to release telephone storage or are contemplating doing in order they’re reaching their cloud storage limits

▪ Students or professionals who must again up faculty or work tasks and private photographs however don’t want to subscribe to cloud storage for numerous causes

▪ Vloggers, photographers, designers, area employees, or anybody who commonly makes use of their telephone to seize photographs for work and typically discover themselves transferring photographs to their pc

▪ SOHO employees or freelancers whose work entails essential (and generally delicate) knowledge from shoppers, however don’t have an IT admin to supply them with a backup resolution

▪ Privacy-minded professionals who simply need a native resolution to again up all their knowledge

[Warren] Is the BeeDrive coming to Malaysia?

[Jason] BeeDrive is about to launch on seventh June, providing two totally different product choices with various storage capacities: 1TB and 2TB.

[Warren Let’s talk about your new NAS servers, what is Synology offering to Prosumers this year?

[Jason] In 2023, we launched a number of new Synology NAS fashions, together with the DS723+, DS423+, DS223, and DS423. We are additionally excited to announce that extra new NAS fashions can be launched within the close to future. Stay tuned for additional updates!

Warren:Why have you ever made the shift to AMD Ryzen processors from Intel? As our audiences have complained the dearth of {hardware} video transcoding, what are your ideas on this?

Jason: Some merchandise are utilizing AMD Ryzen, however some we’re nonetheless stay Intel because the CPU like DS423+.

We perceive many customers are involved about transcoding. However, most high-resolution movies taken by cellphones and DSLR/mirror-less cameras can now be natively performed again on PC/mac methods, cellphones, and sensible TVs or STBs.

While the consumption of TV exhibits, motion pictures, and different studio-produced content material, the commonest file sorts containing multi-channel audio tracks, has primarily migrated to streaming platforms.

Live transcoding of high-resolution movies is a really system-intensive course of. On the prior technology of methods, transcoding of some video/audio codecs, file codecs, and resolutions may very well be offloaded to the {hardware} media engine on the processor.

However, hardware-based transcoding has limitations with sure codecs, coloration depth, HDR content material, and even subtitle assist.

While transcoding nonetheless has its makes use of for media collectors, investing in a extra fashionable and succesful playback system that may play most information natively will present the very best high quality playback high quality and consistency.

[Warren] Thanks for explaining, I’m certain these AMD Ryzen powered NAS servers are nonetheless nice performers regardless of this, so what new options have you ever launched to your Packages this time?

[Jason] With the launch of Synology DSM 7.2, there are a number of thrilling updates to our Packages that additional improve the consumer expertise, noteworthy ones embrace:

– Synology Drive: Block obtain, watermark

– MailPlus: Ai author

– Active Backup for Business on Mac

– On-demand sync on Mac 

[Warren] This has been an thrilling session attending to know your new NAS servers and Synology BeeDrive.

Before I conclude this interview, I wish to ask yet another query only for our readers, does Synology intend to launch WiFI 6E or WiFI 7 routers sooner or later?

[Jason] We should not have a confirmed plan to launch Wi-Fi 6E or Wi-Fi 7 routers in the mean time, however Synology will definitely maintain watching the market demand and adjusting our plan accordingly.

This concludes our interview session with Jason Sin, Sales Manager for Synology Malaysia, do keep tuned to extra updates from Synology by following their official Facebook web page.