The DSM also comes with a File Station (file manager) and with its help we can perform file operations between the NAS and the local computer drives:
Here are some of the operations we can perform by right-clicking on a file:
Inside the Control Panel, we can modify most of the DSM settings concerning the NAS functionality:
Via the Package Center, we can install modules that will make our NAS feature-rich like a mail server, media server, DHCP server, Directory Server, Cloud Station and so on; an antivirus program is also available and besides the Synology-specific modules, we can choose from plenty third-party ones:
After specific modules have been installed, we also have to start them:
The Audio Station application lets us play audio content from inside the NAS or even access online Radio:
The Photo Station module looks about the same as on the previous iteration and is easy to use; with it we can organize the photo collections on albums, for easy access, but also run slideshows and many more: