Hacker News with Generative AI: NAS

Synology confirms that higher-end NAS products will require its branded drives (arstechnica.com)
Popular NAS-maker Synology has confirmed and slightly clarified a policy that appeared on its German website earlier this week: Its "Plus" tier of devices, starting with the 2025 series, will require Synology-branded hard drives for full compatibility, at least at first.
Synology confirms that higher-end NAS products will require its branded drives (arstechnica.com)
Popular NAS-maker Synology has confirmed and slightly clarified a policy that appeared on its German website earlier this week: Its "Plus" tier of devices, starting with the 2025 series, will require Synology-branded hard drives for full compatibility, at least at first.
Synology Lost the Plot with Hard Drive Locking Move (servethehome.com)
I dislike writing these articles, but here we are. According to HardwareLuxx, Synology is on a rough course with generations-old sub-par NAS hardware and now appears to be locking its NAS units to its own branded hard drives in its upcoming 2025 Plus models. This is a shame since a few years ago, Synology had neat hardware.
Synology Locks Key NAS Features Behind Proprietary Drive Requirement (tomshardware.com)
Synology could bring "certified drive" requirements to more NAS devices (arstechnica.com)
Synology, maker of network-attached storage (NAS) devices, will seemingly remove advanced features from its Plus devices that are not using hard drives provided by, or certified by, Synology itself, starting with its 2025 lineup.
Synology confirms need for its own branded drives in newer Plus-series NAS (arstechnica.com)
Popular NAS-maker Synology has confirmed and slightly clarified a policy that appeared on its German website earlier this week: Its "Plus" tier of devices, starting with the 2025 series, will require Synology-branded hard drives for full compatibility, at least at first.
Synology now requires Synology-branded drives for some consumer NAS systems (tomshardware.com)
The almost perfect mini NAS for my mini rack (jeffgeerling.com)
The GMKtec G9 N150 4-bay NVMe mini PC is $240 and the nearly perfect NAS for my mini rack:
Synology requires own-brand drives for some consumer NAS systems (tomshardware.com)
Rockstor: Open-source multi-arch NAS Built on OpenSUSE (rockstor.com)
Rockstor as a Cloud and Storage platform enables hackers, makers/re-distributors, and DIYers to build completely custom solutions.
Netboot Windows 11 with iSCSI and iPXE (terinstock.com)
I primarily run Linux, for work and for gaming. Unfortunately, some competitive games refuse to work on Linux or in virtual machines. This post explores installing and booting Windows 11 on physical hardware with a disk exported from a NAS.
Frood, an Alpine Initramfs NAS (filippo.io)
My NAS, frood, has a bit of a weird setup. It’s just one big initramfs containing a whole Alpine Linux system. It’s delightful and I am not sure why it’s not more common.
Show HN: An Immutable Alpine Linux NAS with No Rootfs (filippo.io)
My NAS, frood, has a bit of a weird setup. It’s just one big initramfs containing a whole Alpine Linux system. It’s delightful and I am not sure why it’s not more common.
Frood, an Alpine Initramfs NAS (filippo.io)
My NAS, frood, has a bit of a weird setup. It’s just one big initramfs containing a whole Alpine Linux system. It’s delightful and I am not sure why it’s not more common.
Frood, an Alpine Initramfs NAS (filippo.io)
My NAS, frood, has a bit of a weird setup. It’s just one big initramfs containing a whole Alpine Linux system. It’s delightful and I am not sure why it’s not more common.
My 71 TiB ZFS NAS After 10 Years and Zero Drive Failures (louwrentius.com)
My 4U 71 TiB ZFS NAS built with twenty-four 4 TB drives is over 10 years old and still going strong.
Upgrading a Toshiba NAS HDD Firmware on Linux (syscall.eu)
How to Build a Minimal ZFS NAS Without Synology, QNAP, TrueNAS (neil.computer)
Windows 11 24H2 might call time on that old NAS under the stairs (theregister.com)
I made a new backplane for my consumer NAS (codedbearder.com)
Show HN: I created a 100% 3D printed and toolless 6-Bay PC NAS case (ycombinator.com)
TrueNAS Core versus TrueNAS Scale (wordpress.com)