Run Synology in QNAP NAS with PVE

bebound@gmail.com (KK) — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 20:53:00 +0800

Three years ago, I bought a QNAP TS-453Dmini NAS. Although it has a slow WEB UI and slow restart, it still fits my needs as all of the applications I need are running in Docker.

Recently, I want to move some files from my Mac to NAS to save space. I need a application behave like Dropbox, which can show all the files in the NAS and only download the files I need. I have tried the QSync, but it does not have thumbnails for cloud image and it does not have icons to show the file status. I also tried the Seafile, it’s a powerful application, which requires 4G RAM to run, and there is bug in the thumbnail. I used to have a Synology ARM NAS, the Synology Drive has all the features I need, so I want to run it on my QNAP NAS. After some research, I managed to run Synology and QNAP together on my NAS. Here is the guide.

QNAP TS-453Dmini Review

bebound@gmail.com (KK) — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 00:17:00 +0800

My first NAS is Synology DS120j, which is ARM based entry level product. It’s okay to use it for downloading and backup, but not power enough for running docker and virtual machine.

So I bought this NAS last month, and I’m satisfied with it. Here are the advantages and disadvantages.

Advantages

High performance.

It is equipped with J4125 quad-core 2.0 GHz processor, 8G RAM, two 2.5G Ports and 4 bays. Here is the spec. Although J4125 is not the fastest CPU in 2022(the newer model coming with N5105), it is still able to run several docker containers together, and I can even run Synology and Windows 10 inside build-in Virtualization Station.

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Run Synology in QNAP NAS with PVE

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Advantages