Hacker News with Generative AI: Synology

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.
Hardware, NAS, Storage, Synology
5 points by chha 6 days ago | 0 comments
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.
Hardware, Storage, Synology, NAS
11 points by thunderbong 6 days ago | 4 comments
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.
Hardware, Storage, Synology, NAS
652 points by motiejus 7 days ago | 402 comments
Synology Locks Key NAS Features Behind Proprietary Drive Requirement (tomshardware.com)
Hardware, Synology, NAS, Storage
9 points by m463 7 days ago | 1 comments
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, NAS, Hardware, Storage, Consumer Tech
10 points by instagib 7 days ago | 0 comments
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.
Storage, Hardware, NAS, Synology
7 points by trbutler 7 days ago | 1 comments
Synology now requires Synology-branded drives for some consumer NAS systems (tomshardware.com)
Hardware, Storage, Synology, Consumer Electronics, NAS
7 points by CharlesW 8 days ago | 2 comments
Synology press release regarding changes to HDD compatibility (reddit.com)
Germany, Düsseldorf - 16.04.2025 - Following the success of the high-performance series, the company is now also relying more heavily on Synology's own storage media for the Plus series models to be released from 2025. As a result, users will benefit from higher performance, increased reliability and more efficient support.
Storage, Hardware, Synology, Compatibility, News
6 points by ahamez 9 days ago | 3 comments
Synology requires own-brand drives for some consumer NAS systems (tomshardware.com)
Hardware, Storage, NAS, Synology
3 points by 01-_- 9 days ago | 1 comments
Synology patches unannounced multiple zero-day vulnerabilities (synology.com)
The vulnerability reported in ZDI-CAN-25403 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Security, Vulnerabilities, Zero-day, Synology, Patching
62 points by guiambros 149 days ago | 11 comments
Demystifying Secure NFS (blogsystem5.substack.com)
I recently got a Synology DS923+ for evaluation purposes which led me to setting up NFSv4 with Kerberos. I had done this about a year ago with FreeBSD as the host, and going through this process once again reminded me of how painful it is to secure an NFS connection.
Security, Linux, Synology, FreeBSD
5 points by zdw 173 days ago | 0 comments