ISCI LUN

[Enquiries]

Dear NasCompares, I have Synology DS3622+ and am thinking of working with ASCI LUN for my laptop for extra storage. Setting it up went great (thanks to your videos!) and I can access it on my laptop.

My questions (which is actually generally one big question ) are: where is the data stored on my NAS? Can I access it / can I see the files? Can I add files to the LUN it via the NAS, so that my laptop will be able to see/read/access it?

TL;DR: I have set-up ASCI LUN, but don't really know what to do with it now.

Thank you so much!

Best regards,

Bart

[ed]

Thanks for reaching out, and I’m glad to hear that my videos helped with setting up your iSCSI LUN on the Synology DS3622+!

Now, to answer your question: when you create an iSCSI LUN on your NAS, it essentially acts like a virtual drive that is mapped to your laptop (or any other device you’ve connected to it). The data within the LUN is stored on your NAS, but it’s not directly visible like files in a shared folder. Instead, the LUN is treated by your laptop as if it were a local hard drive, so you won’t see the individual files stored in the LUN directly unless you mount it and access it through your operating system.

To add files to the LUN via the NAS:

Mount the LUN on your laptop – Once mounted, the LUN will appear like a normal drive to your system.
Use your laptop to copy files into the LUN, just like you would with any local storage.
Access the LUN from the NAS – You cannot see or interact with individual files directly from the NAS's File Station, as it’s presented to your laptop as a block-level storage device, not a file share.
In short, while you can't browse the files in the LUN through the File Station or other NAS tools, you can add files through your laptop, and the data will be stored on the NAS in the volume you've assigned the LUN to.

If you want to easily add files or manage the LUN through your NAS, you might want to set up Shared Folders for your files instead. The iSCSI LUN is great for raw storage needs but lacks the flexibility of file-based access.