Synology Reverses Their Stance on 3rd Party Drives

[timeshifter]

Synology walks back drive restrictions on upcoming NAS models

As of DSM 7.3, Synology no longer mandates validated drives in 2025 DiskStation Plus, Value, and J-series devices.

arstechnica.com

 

[phaZed]

Synology's move on this is too little too late. People voted with their wallets already and the brand is damaged. They've lost no less than $15K just from my small shop already.

 

[sapphirescales]

Synology's move on this is too little too late. People voted with their wallets already and the brand is damaged. They've lost no less than $15K just from my small shop already.

This. I'll never use or recommend Synology again. If they changed their mind they can change it back. No thanks. Once a company proves it's untrustworthy, I never give them another penny.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

We used to use them a LOT....either for local repositories for server backups, or for smaller server-less networks...file storage. Haven't sold or used a NAS in many years now though. While I understand encouraging specific models of drives for...top reliability and performance, I don't agree with the overly strong tactics they used to push their special drives. But...yeah, non issue for us now, don't use NAS's anymore.

 

[Sky-Knight]

Synology discovered they aren't EMC. That's funny.

This is good for me, because I like their Active Backup products. I am rather curious about the new Unifi NASs too... that stack just keeps growing.

 

[timeshifter]

For me Synology is more than just a big network drive, like @Sky-Knight I really like ABB and the other apps that are included.

I use ABB to back up VMs, PCs, etc. Hyper Backup to local and remote storage. Also have used ABB for 365 and Google Workspace. Oh, and use the Synology as a Time Machine target for Macs.

I'm glad they reversed their stance. I think people will get over it. Many of the loud complainers aren't buying a new NAS every year, so I think the impact will be minor.

 

[britechguy]

I think people will get over it

Almost assuredly. Given the human dislike of change, and given how many are "already used to" what Synology offers, this will likely be a blip that's quickly forgotten about. Reversals are hardly unheard of and this one is just the next in a very long line of reversals.

 

[HCHTech]

We still use them. This whole thing was all ho-hum for me. Things cost what they cost. We recommend something, add our completely-reasonable markup on the hardware and bill it all to the client. The costs were a little higher for a while, but so were the costs on everything else. They have a mature infrastructure and serve their purpose well in the SMB market. Their stuff just works. Who cares what it costs?

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

Synology discovered they aren't EMC. That's funny.

This is good for me, because I like their Active Backup products. I am rather curious about the new Unifi NASs too... that stack just keeps growing.

And I'm sure you saw the launch of their UPS units? Yeah....that stack just keeps growing. Ridiculously low cost for a 1500 unit!

 

[Sky-Knight]

And I'm sure you saw the launch of their UPS units? Yeah....that stack just keeps growing. Ridiculously low cost for a 1500 unit!

I hadn't, but I'm honestly not impressed. Yes... it's cheap. But the rack unit is obviously a standby topology, which I have to infer from other stats because they aren't advertising it correctly... a huge strike. But more to the point a standby unit is garbage, line interactive is my minimum.

Another strike? It's lead acid, not LiFEPO based.

The price is pretty normal when compared to other standby UPSs, the only thing new here is there's a rack mountable variant... which again you don't want in your rack.