Synology Help - Synology Drive Client vs Cloud Station Drive

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Hey Boys and Girls,

I know quite a few of you do Synology stuff. I have a new customer with an RS1619, they seem to have a combination of Synology Drive Client and Cloud Station Drive installed on their devices.

Can anyone suggest which is the “best” for syncing files to laptops / devices that are not on site with the device. I’ve done a bit of reading and think that I want the Cloud Station Drive but am still a bit unclear.

Thanks in advance

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I know my staff has been doing some testing with it, but I don’t think we have any clients that have it in use so i am not certain about best practice with it.

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Hey Tom, thanks for the reply.

Are they not using either Drive Client or Cloud Station Drive? Just using it for SMB on the LAN?

Having done a bit more research it looks like Drive client is the “new” version and is supposed to replace station drive.

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Yes, SMB on LAN, backup system, and VM storage are the most popular use cases.