If you were considering the purchase of a Synology NAS but were leery of the unreasonably high cost of populating it with special Synology-branded hard disk drives, you can breathe a little easier ...

Synology has announced a policy to restrict the use of HDDs (hard disk drives) other than those manufactured by Synology or certified by Synology in the 'Plus Series' NAS models released after 2025.

What if the hard drive you’ve been relying on for years suddenly became incompatible with your Synology system, or, conversely, what if a long-awaited update finally allowed you to use drives from ...

Taipei, Taiwan-Dec 21, 2010-Synology® Inc. today unveiled DiskStation DS1511+, a high-performance NAS server that offers greater scalability, significant storage capacity and full-featured business ...

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With the continued growth of cloud-based storage, having a device in your house that you have to manage is definitely not for everyone. However there are definite advantages: From a performance ...

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Synology DSM partitions a 2tb drive as 2.38g for the OS 2.00gb for the swap file and an 127mb "unallocated" before user created partitions and 99mb "unallocated" after. I think the space for the OS ...

Synology is pushing for consumers to buy its own brand of hard drives for its newest NAS appliances, with only certified drives getting the full suite of software support. The cost of a ...

Bad news for prospective Synology NAS buyers -- the company is now making its drives de facto mandatory for Plus-series NAS boxes launched in 2025 and onwards. Citing compatibility issues, drive ...

Synology has outed its latest NAS, and the DiskStation DS1511+ certainly doesn't skimp on storage space. The five-bay box can store up to 15TB alone, but will also link up with Synology's DX510 ...