Not Every Site Needs an Enterprise Array
The branch office with forty users, the school with a camera system, the business whose file server is a 2016 tower in a closet — these don't need six-figure storage. They need something reliable, secure, and manageable without a specialist. That's exactly what Synology builds, and why palmiq deploys it constantly at the SMB and branch edge.
Why Synology?
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Absurd Value
Enterprise features — snapshots, replication, SSD caching, encryption — at prices that fit an SMB budget.
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Active Backup for Business, Included
License-free backup of PCs, servers, VMs, and Microsoft 365 to the NAS. For many small environments, it's the backup platform.
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Btrfs Snapshots & Immutability
Point-in-time recovery from ransomware and fat-fingered deletions, with WriteOnce immutable folders on supported models.
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Surveillance Station
Turn the same unit into a professional video recorder for IP cameras — one box, three jobs.
Synology – Core Solutions
File Services
- SMB/NFS file serving with Active Directory integration.
- Synology Drive: private-cloud file sync and sharing across sites and devices.
- Hybrid Share tiering between on-prem NAS and Synology C2 cloud.
Backup & Recovery
- Active Backup for Business for endpoints, servers, and VMs.
- Backup target for the palmiq-managed Acronis and Veeam stacks.
- Snapshot replication to a second unit or offsite for layered recovery.
Surveillance & Branch Infrastructure
- Surveillance Station NVR with mobile access.
- High-availability pairs for sites that can't afford downtime.
- Fleet management across many locations from one console — palmiq's specialty.
The palmiq Edge
Deployed Like Infrastructure, Not a Gadget:
RAID design, snapshot schedules, offsite replication, and access controls configured by palmiq — the difference between a NAS and a data strategy.
Fleet-Managed:
palmiq monitors and patches Synology fleets across dozens of sites so nobody's "server in the closet" quietly fails.