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Synology could bring “certified drive” requirements to more NAS devices (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by otter@lemmy.ca to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Synology's telegraphed moves toward a contained ecosystem and seemingly vertical integration are certain to rankle some of its biggest fans, who likely enjoy doing their own system building, shopping, and assembly for the perfect amount of storage. "Pro-sumers," homelab enthusiasts, and those with just a lot of stuff to store at home, or in a small business, previously had a good reason to buy one Synology device every so many years, then stick into them whatever drives they happened to have or acquired at their desired prices. Synology's stated needs for efficient support of drive arrays may be more defensible at the enterprise level, but as it gets closer to the home level, it suggests a different kind of optimization.

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[–] Kagu@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (11 children)

Is the main appeal of prebuilt NAS cases the aesthetics and the reduction of DIY concerns?

Because they seem to me like overpriced and underpowered computers. Most tech-oriented folks I know have more powerful PCs in a closet somewhere that they could easily convert into a NAS

Edit: some very thoughtful responses thanks y'all! I definitely see the appeal for people who just need something that doesn't need tinkering or care significantly about power draw and noise.

[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 4 points 1 week ago

1U form factor, 4 disks, using 7w whilst idle, decent enough CPU to run 1 Linux VM

I bought an RS822+ for as a veeam Linux repo.

I can't make that myself, or I don't know how.

It was stupid expensive and if it wasn't the business paying I would have probably put a bunch of disks into an HP elite desk.

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