The restrictions are coming in new models, but existing Synology NAS systems won’t be affected. The restrictions are coming in new models, but existing Synology NAS systems won’t be affected. is a ...

Synology has announced a significant policy change that will require all 2025 Plus series NAS models—and future iterations—to exclusively use Synology-branded drives. This marks a departure from the ...

Earlier this year Synology announced that you’d need to use Synology-branded hard drives in its 2025 line of “Plus” branded network-attached storage devices if you wanted full functionality. While you ...

After months of silence and community frustration, Synology has finally decided to loosen the grip it tightened on its rather loyal following of NAS users. And I, for one, couldn’t be happier.

When we reviewed Synology’s DiskStation DS1522+ a few years back, it earned high marks for its expandability, performance, ...