Cloud Station

Cloud Station is a file sharing service that allows synchronizes files between the DiskStation, multiple client computers, and your mobile devices.

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Enable Cloud Station

To enable Cloud Station on DiskStation, click go to the Cloud Station panel, check the Enable Cloud Station box, and then click Apply.

Once Cloud Station is enabled, and if you have enabled the QuickConnect service, you can see your QuickConnect ID and status in the QuickConnect Info section. Client computers can use this information for authorization before syncing files with DiskStation.

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Manage User Privileges

Click Privileges to specify which users can access Cloud Station service. Permitted users have the following privileges:

To permit DSM user's access to the Cloud Station service:

  1. Use the search field at the top-right corner of Cloud Station to find your users.
  2. Tick the checkboxes for the users you want to permit, and then click Save.
  3. If your DiskStation is joined to a directory service as a Windows domain or LDAP client, you can enable or disable domain/LDAP users' access privileges to Cloud Station services via Batch Management.

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Manage Cloud Station Sharing

Click Sharing to enable/disable Cloud Station sharing feature for shared folders. If a shared folder is enabled, users who have read/write privileges can sync files within it.

To enable sharing feature:

  1. Use the search field at the top-right corner of Cloud Station to find shared folders.
  2. Tick the checkboxes after shared folders you want to enable, and then click Save.

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Manage Client Connections

Click Client List to see the list of client computers that have been set up to sync files with your DiskStation using the Cloud Station service. You can see the client's computer name, the DSM username used for service authorization, IP address, syncing status, and the start time of file syncing between DiskStation and the client.

To manage client connections, do any of the following:

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Manage Cloud Station Files with File Station

The Cloud Station files are saved in your home/CloudStation folder or shared folders that have Cloud Station Sharing (Only DSM users with administrative privileges can only manage Cloud Station Files of shared folders). You can browse and download Cloud Station files (or their previous versions) with File Station.

To manage Cloud Station files:

  1. Go to Main Menu > File Station, and then browse to home/CloudStation or shared folders.
  2. Right-click the file and then choose Browse previous versions. Here you can see and download the previous versions of the file.

Manage Deleted Files

Click Recycle Bin on the left panel to manage deleted Cloud Station files. Only DSM users with administrative privileges can manage deleted files of shared folders.

To manage deleted files in the recycle bin:

  1. If you are the DSM user with administrative privileges, select the target of recycle bin (own Cloud Station or shared folders).
  2. Select the file you want to manage.
  3. Choose any of the following from the Action drop-down menu:

To delete all files in the recycle bin:

To delete all files and previous versions, select Delete all from the Action drop-down menu. Please note you will not be able to recover the files that are deleted permanently. Please proceed with caution.

Settings

Cloud Station saves historical versions of each modified file. Every time you modify a file, a backup version is created, just in case you make mistakes or wish to revert to an older version. On the Settings panel, you can specify the maximum number of versions to save for each file. If you wish to keep more versions of each file, please set this number higher. However, if you wish to reduce storage consumption, this number should be set lower.

To specify the database location:

  1. Select a volume in the Database Location dropdown menu.
  2. Click the Apply button to save settings.

For Advanced Users

To understand how Cloud Station works and ensure your files and folders sync correctly, try to read the following.

Storage space utilization:

Cloud Station keeps historical versions of every change in your Cloud Station folder. So even if you saved a bad change, or if the file has been damaged or deleted, you can restore the file to an older version with only a few clicks. However it requires at least one full copy of any given file as the base version for file history, so the selected shares will double the disk space needed. Only the differential data will be kept among different historical file versions.

The following metadata will be synced:

  1. UNIX execution permissions.
  2. Last modified time.
  3. Mac's extended attributes.

The following metadata will not be synced:

  1. UNIX read and write permissions.
  2. Windows ACL.

Default action for conflicted copy:

If two people change the same file at the same time, Cloud Station keeps both changed files, and one of them will be renamed and appended with computer name, conflict date/time and conflict reason to the file name.

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