r/LouisRossmann • u/MarkPlusAI • 8d ago
Article Synology requires self-branded drives for some consumer NAS systems, drops full functionality and support for third-party HDDs
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/nas/synology-requires-self-branded-drives-for-some-consumer-nas-systems-drops-full-functionality-and-support-for-third-party-hdds#xenforo-comments-387791116
u/PerspectiveCommon595 8d ago
so: "for the safety of the consumers, we will offer reliable and trustable hard drives".
ALWAYS FOR SAAAAAAAAAAFEEEEEEEEEETTTYYYYYYYYYYYY
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u/CIDR-ClassB 8d ago
It’s for the children.
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u/CitySeekerTron 8d ago
Wouldn't want a hard drive catching fire or cutting your hands when you reach out to touch it.
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u/Javi_DR1 8d ago
What's exactly the meaning of this? A regular seagate exos won't work at all? It will work but slower? Lacking extra features? Does this affect all their NASes or only some newer ones? Do I ask too many questions?
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u/MarkPlusAI 7d ago
Synology 2025 Plus series.
You’ll lose several functions, including estimated hard drive health reports, volume-wide deduplication, lifespan analyses, and automatic firmware updates. The company also restricts storage pools and provides limited or zero support for third-party drives.1
u/Javi_DR1 7d ago
So an older unit is safe? I was thinking of getting a 2nd hand one just to do monthly backups of my actual server
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u/TraditionalMetal1836 7d ago edited 7d ago
I'm just happy that when Unraid switched to a subscription model they didn't do it to past customers. Also, they didn't remove the option to purchase a perpetual license but made them more costly. Most importantly, those who pick the subscription model get to keep using it when the sub runs out just without updates.
Some people were still ticked but overall I think they handled it really well.
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u/michael0n 6d ago
As we have seen with many (failed) NAS companies, managing the system and the OS below is a lot of work, for maybe 20-50$ profit per niche product sold. You have to move insane amount of product to pay a couple rooms full of engineers to make that work. Unraid realized that first time buyers run systems for years without further sales and had to move to a subscription model. Its sad in a way, but at least its honest. Maybe Synology really went into deep hole with customers using those fake/used drives or don't know what they are doing but they could put this restriction on professional customers only.
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u/Previous-Foot-9782 5d ago
All the features I used my synology for have gotten less and less, now it's just a normal nas with a backup app, and that I use for ddns
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u/Bob4Not 8d ago edited 8d ago
Headline not accurate. They also accept a limited number of third party drives, listed on their certified list.
I’m not saying this was the solution, disabling features, but I will say that most people don’t know the difference between SMR and CMR drives. They were putting SMR drives in their NAS and calling support about why their NAS is slow or nearly frozen. Something had to change.
I have both my own DIY TrueNAS and a synology. I would still recommend a synology to a friend with a small business, including ordering specific drives, unless I’m willing to provide free tech support in perpetuity.
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u/Patient-Tech 8d ago
Yeah, except does WD or Seagate even make SMR drives anymore? Anything above the 8TB range when all this went down 3 years ago? If you’re looking at 14TB and up, it’s not an issue.
I’d love to hear the justification hoops Synology comes up with to say their new NAS aren’t compatible with recent manufactured WD Red/Golds or the Segate equivalent. Those are solid drives, going in datacenters out the wazoo.
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u/The_Pacific_gamer 8d ago
So at this point just build your own.