Let's take a look at all three of these new features.
Both Moments and Office build upon Drive, utilizing its functionality for the backend storage. The last new application, Office, is a browser-based productivity suite (think: Google Docs). The second, Moments, is used to help organize your photos automatically (think: Google Photos running in your house). It streamlines the process of syncing data across multiple devices so that your files are always available on the NAS. The first, Drive, is a rewrite of Synology's Cloud Station Suite. In addition to simply storing data, modern NAS devices (like the recently reviewed Synology DS1517+) offer many other compelling features, like Plex, databases, web servers, logging stations, and more.Įarlier this week, Synology announced three new applications that install on DSM, the operating system that powers their NAS devices. The most common reason to purchase a NAS device for your home is to keep control of your data, rather than handing it over to a third party like Google or Amazon to store and process for you.
