Virtualization on Synology

Synology's virtualization solutions harness the power of your NAS to run virtual machines or serve as storage for virtual machine environments, all while keeping your data secure and available.

Create a virtual machine environment

Take advantage of the powerful Synology Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) to run multiple virtual machines at the same time.

Cluster infrastructure

Run VMs across up to seven Synology NAS devices in a cluster infrastructure, enabling you to perform live migration and minimize downtime ahead of planned maintenance.

Centralized management

Take control of all your virtual machines in one place. Use Synology VMM's centralized dashboard to monitor and manage the health and efficiency of everything.

High availability

Achieve hardware and network redundancy with high-availability clusters. Ensure fast failover and virtual machine restoration during unexpected downtime.

Synology Virtual Machine Manager

Unleash the virtualization capabilities of your NAS with an intuitive and powerful hypervisor. Synology VMM can even be used to host multiple Virtual DiskStation Manager (Virtual DSM) instances on the same unit, helping you save money and create secure sandbox environments.

Docker

Docker on DSM provides a virtualization environment that allows you to implement lightweight containers running thousands of applications.

Maximize virtual machine storage

Boost virtual machine storage capacity and performance with your Synology NAS.

Secure virtual machines

Make sure your virtual machines and the data stored on them are protected and monitored.

Simple yet secure

Built-in data protection

All Synology systems come with complete data protection packages available on DSM to secure your VMs, files, folders, LUNs, and the NAS itself.

Simplified storage management

Synology Storage Console enables administrators to monitor and manage Synology storage systems directly from VMware vSphere Client or Windows Servers.