Synology Lost the Plot with Hard Drive Locking Move
Synology Lost the Plot with Hard Drive Locking Move
According to reports, Synology plans to restrict features to its own branded hard drives with the new 2025 Plus models. This is bad
So, if synology is enshitified, what should people be looking at for nas replacements? Qnap? A custom build of some sort?
go custom build with xpenology and go full psycho by breaking something then ask for support ticket from synology
QNap running QuTS hero or dIY truenas scale
It's almost like they forgot what RAID stands for.
I see people saying “build your own”, and though I have the technical expertise to do it, the big draws for Synology for me was the form factor and all the stuff in the OS. I can probably recreate the latter easily enough, but where can I find a 2-4 bay system that small and good looking that I can work with?
Something like truenas (or a more user-friendly fork like hexos) on basically any hardware would get you there. If you want something in a 2-4 bay + server form factor, look at the options from minisforum. Level1techs have done some pretty good videos on their various offerings over the years.
That said... once you go full rack you never go back :)
Man, that sucks. I’ve had a Synology NAS for almost 15 years and its feature set has been great. From built in servers to 2FA to VPN it’s been easy to use. Sure, you can DIY a NAS, but then it’s always cobbling together parts that all require individual maintaining vs one-stop shopping with Synology. Ah well, when this one dies I guess I’ll be looking at FOSS/DIY.