For full disk encryption you need DSM >= 7.2 and you can either, store it locally (useless) or in a KMIP server. [0]
As a KMIP server you use:
- Another Synology NAS with DSM >= 7.2
- A KMIP compatible key server
Except for the demo implementation that Synology uses (PyKMIP), all the KMIP compatible servers I've found have licenses in the tens of thousands a year. So if anybody has any suggestions to substitute PyKMIP...--
0: https://kb.synology.com/en-global/DSM/tutorial/Which_models_support_encrypted_volumes
I remembered wrong. I’m fairly certain that Synology, at some point, allowed you to store the encryption vault on an external (USB) drive, but apparently not anymore.
You didn't remember wrong, I have mine stored on an external drive. I am using DS 6.x though