It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/AppropriatePay9738 on 2025-04-28 00:25:06.

Looks like with the 2025 Plus series (DS925+), Synology is locking down hard drive compatibility... only Synology branded drives will give full features like drive pooling, health analysis, etc. If you use non-certified drives (even IronWolf or WD Red), you might lose key functionality.

It won't affect old models or existing systems, but if you upgrade to a new Plus series NAS, you're pretty much locked into their drives — which are, of course, more expensive.

Is Synology just trying to boost their drive sales at the cost of NAS sales? That feels like a weird long-term play. I always thought NAS flexibility was the whole point.

Also for those of us already on Synology — if I wanted to upgrade and keep my existing drives, am I screwed? Do I need to migrate everything off my current third-party drives and rebuy Synology drives just to get full support on something like the DS925+? That sounds like an absolute nightmare.

Curious what others think. Are people even using Synology drives rn? Or this just going to push ppl to QNAP, UGREEN, TrueNAS, or something cheaper or more open?"