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     White Paper Virtualization on Synology NAS with Virtual Machine Manager 1
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    will find answers and guidance in technical Administrator's Guides and Developer Guides. Got a problem and unable to find the solution in our official documentation? Search hundreds of answers by users and support staff in Synology Community or reach Synology Support through the web form, email, or
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    Flexible, Efficient, and Secure Infrastructure VMs are typically suitable where a service needs to be run on a different operating system or separate machine virtual machine on devices already in place. This includes on your Synology NAS. Beside maximizing hardware use, VMs can help you sandbox or
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    Users can reduce hits to performance and capacity problems with realistic planning and good preparation. This paper helps users choose the right applications and hardware setups to avoid applications that incur outsize performance penalties,
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    uninterrupted operation and come with long-term support. + Highly efficient method to combine Synology and third-party solutions • Virtualized services can run alongside regular Synology NAS applications and storage processes, as well as on Synology High Availability clusters. • Virtual DSM allows
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    benefit from installing Synology-supported memory extensions and SSD cache. - Hypervisor competes with other applications on mixed-use platform • VMM runs on top of DSM, leading to higher resource use and slower performance compared with bare-metal hypervisors. • If your Synology NAS servers are
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    makes virtualization attractive even when the host and guest run the same operating system, such as DSM. Virtualize DSM Services and Run Many Synology NAS Synology users have access to a host of native productivity, networking, and communication tools that communicate with local area networks and
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    vDSM SMB / AFP / NFS vDSM VMM cluster Figure 2: Administrators can run several instances of Virtual DSM on one physical Synology NAS to isolate certain DSM applications, boost service availability, or provide Virtual DSM machines for use by other users. This in essence creates multiple virtual
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    disconnects or powers down, an identical copy of the VM is started on a passive host to get services running as fast as possible. Synology High Availability allows a complete Synology NAS to failover to another device. However, a passive device must be running at all times and cannot be
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    identical services for multiple clients, user groups, or departments. Synology NAS users links eliminate the need to install dedicated software and set port Services originally created in VMs can be migrated to new systems more easily in the future, lowering the cost of change. Synology VMM supports
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    configurations. This section guides you through the essential considerations and requirements for different uses of Synology VMM. It also 2 and 32 machines for different Synology NAS models. Exact numbers of recommended guests per host can be found in Support Center. These numbers are based on
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    your Synology NAS or computers as an .iso image and installed on VMM as you would on a physical desktop. Existing VMs can be exported and imported as Open Virtual Appliance (.ova) disk images. The .ova format is a .tar archive file that is unpacked to many .vmdk virtual disks. Other supported VM
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    physical CPU threads can be reserved for VMs running essential services, ensuring they can use the full capacity of one or more CPU threads. Higher-spec Synology NAS models, including the XS and FS series, sport higher , RAM may provide a hard upper limit for the number of 11 Configuration Guide
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    , RAM memory is easily expandable with fully supported DDR3 and DDR4 memory modules for Synology NAS. Adding memory to computing nodes is highly recommended in your device's Hardware Installation Guide. 3. Appropriate Storage Setups Using Synology NAS for virtualization simplifies virtual storage
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    an SSD cache Some Synology NAS models have internal slots for additional SSD cache. For other models, the Synology M2D18 and M2D20 supported in most Linux distributions, while Microsoft Windows requires separate installation of VirtIO drivers. The VirtIO interface is included in the Synology Guide
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    cluster. Virtual switches Each instance of VMM creates at least one virtual switch (vSwitch) on its host Synology NAS called "Default VM Network" and connected to all active physical LAN ports. You can edit this switch LAN access are assigned like other IP addresses by your 14 Configuration Guide
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    . VirtIO supports faster connections and is recommended, but requires separate installation on Microsoft Windows VMs using the Synology Guest Tool using the command line over Secure Shell (SSH). Access via Synology VMM As long as your Synology NAS is online, you can power on, power off, and access
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    API requests and syntax, see the Synology VMM API Guide. 6. Running Regular or High- or more Synology NAS with very similar capabilities should be configured as computing nodes. Less demanding services can also Support Center. b. Processor compatibility Different CPUs come with different instruction
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    , can benefit from a memory buffer. Using all-SSD Synology NAS for storage nodes is highly recommended to speed up I/O-intensive under Comparing Configurations. Learn more about installing additional SSD cache on your Synology NAS in Support Center. Synology supports a large number of SATA and SAS
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    Synology High Availability Synology High Availability VMM High Availability Synology NAS x 2 Synology NAS connected. An SHA cluster is made up of two Synology NAS, one of which acts as a dedicated passive . In the minimum setup, two Synology NAS function as computing nodes, while a third
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    Synology High Availability Empty drive slots Used drive slots Heartbeat connection Reserved Synology Synology High Availability and VMM High Availability require different hardware setups. While Synology configured Synology NAS. All can be created with three Synology NAS. In this example, two
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    , Switzerland Virtualized and non-virtualized solutions on Synology NAS were used together to set up complete digital office infrastructure for a medium-sized service provider. The new setup is highly scalable and combines multiple disparate IT services, yet is easily managed. It also maximizes
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    , for all physical and virtual DSM instances to ensure service continuity. Synology, Taiwan Synology Virtual Machine Manager is used extensively at Synology Headquarters. The native hypervisor is used to virtualize and protect DSM services that are essential to our day-today operations. Multiple
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    one computing node to be taken offline for maintenance without losing redundancy. A very different, lean setup was chosen to run webservices for the Synology website. Three FS series compute nodes in an all-flash configuration each fulfil both computing and storage roles for various VMs. The minimum
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    enabled and disabled, we measured the speed of AES-256 cryptography operations on the all-flash Synology FS3017 and the DS1817+, which has slower I/O performance. We also tested an operation less affected is more pronounced on the higher-spec model with more hardware support for encryption. 23
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    , and other operations that rely on regular computing features. We illustrate this case with a compilation speed comparison. Virtual machines on two Synology NAS were used to compile the Virtual Machine Manager software package. The results show only a slight decrease in compile performance when CPU
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    Fast and Slow Network for Storage We tested the influence of network speed on storage operations by looking at maximum random IOPS and maximum data throughput using 1 Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet connections. The results show a relatively small effect on the maximum number of random 4KB IOPS, but
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    Benefits of SSD Cache on Storage Node The data provided below show a significant, but limited effect of SSD cache on data throughput volume, whether write or read. However, a large improvement can be seen in processing speed for small random IOPS, and adding SSD cache gives an outsize boost to
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    ecosystem on the same hardware platform. Run any of the services available in Synology's award-winning DSM operating system alongside virtual machines, or create multiple virtual Synology NAS with Virtual DSM to accommodate different services or users. Virtual Machine Manager makes it easy to set
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    specifications and product descriptions at any time, without notice. Copyright © 2020 Synology Inc. All rights reserved. ® Synology and other names of Synology Products are proprietary marks or registered trademarks of Synology Inc. Other products and company names mentioned herein are trademarks of
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Virtualization on
Synology NAS with
Virtual Machine Manager
White Paper