Time to redefine how you share, how you store, and how you connect your data. Meet Disk Station, the small footprint, quiet, stylish, and feature-ready server - a great PC server alternative. With additional Windows Active Directory Service (ADS) support, performance and security enhancement, DS-106 is ready to become a Windows 2000 Server companion. It can fit into sophisticated computing environments, yet remain cost-competitive.

Disk Station integrates so many features you could ever think of in a Home & SOHO environment. It shares data, printer, photo, web, multimedia files and more! Having a Disk Station is connecting all your digital contents. It makes sharing everything easy yet controllable.

Creating your own web site is always a fun thing to do. Disk Station now supports PHP+MySQL. You are free to construct your own web site with dynamic web contents, or to install PHP open source applications from the Internet, such as blog and bulletin board. If you are worried about critical data being accessed via Internet, the Secure FTP and Secure Network Backup can take care of it. Secure FTP uses the matured SSL/TLS technology and Secure Network Backup uses the industry-proven SSH package to transfer data.

Disk Station itself already has account management, but what if you want your Windows-domain colleagues to share the function-rich server? The Windows domain support is compatible with Windows ADS and NT4 Domain. Windows domain users now can enjoy the cool features of Disk Station. If you have cool photos, music, and movies, why not share them out? You simply upload the files to Disk Station, hook up a Network Media Player, and you can start enjoying them with your TV or audio set.

Data backup is so important but people tend to ignore it, Disk Station makes data backup so complete and automatic that backup always be done without your attention. From Network Backup to Local Backup, from USB Copy to PC Backup (Synology Data Replicator II), you can always find the backup alternatives that fit your needs. Having trouble to share your photos with right persons? Photo Station lets you not only share them with friends through the Internet, but also control who should be able to view which photo albums. You are now the master of your shared photos.

Wouldn't it be cool if you can turn off your PC when you are downloading files? Download Station is just designed for that. You only need to manage the download tasks with Synology Download Redirector, and the files will be transferred to Disk Station. That's it.