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1 HN user recommended this in 2026, in one comment.
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1 HN user recommended this in 2026, in one comment.
Each tall tick is one HN user's first recommendation. A short tick is the same user again. Click a tick to jump to the comment.
If you figure that out, please let me know. I've been using their gear since my first DS412+ way back when. For the most part, it's been rock solid and works as advertised. Without these shenanigans I'd have little desire to switch to anything else.
But now? Since their first attempt to lock users into buying their insane first-party drives[0] I've started migrating all my workload off the NAS and onto separate servers. It's very close to being just "dumb storage" now. I refuse to use any of their cool proprietary products because I want to avoid this lock-in.
[0] https://www.amazon.com/Synology-HAT5320-Enterprise-Internal-... is $1300 (but only 12 in stock), vs a Seagate https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-IronWolf-Enterprise-Internal-... for $860. And what happens when you have to replace a drive? I can drive over to Central Computers right now and have a new WD installed an hour later. I have no idea where I'd source a Synology drive on short notice in an emergency.