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I bought a DSXXX+ instead of a DSXXXj last year specifically to _get_ btrfs based on this https://www.synology.com/en-us/products/compare/DS220+/DS220j https:/

by tedd4u 6y ago

I bought a DSXXX+ instead of a DSXXXj last year specifically to _get_ btrfs based on this https://www.synology.com/en-us/products/compare/DS220+/DS220j https://www.synology.com/en-us/products/compare/DS220+/DS220... I guess at some point they forgot to turn the feature flag for btrfs off on "j" models and now they are "fixing" that? Seems doable but with a lot of communication & control for customers and at a very minimum it should go read-only. Super bad for their brand and their customers. Synology users, consider disabling automatic DSM updates. I have mine set to email me when there's a new version. Works fine.

katbyte 6y ago
Generally should always disable auto updates
vetinari 6y ago
No, it was never possible to create btrfs volumes on the j-models. What was possible, was to put the drives into plus model, create the volume, and migrate the drives into j model. Even migrations that are not supported are pretty much possible. Or were, with the uodate not anymore.
- duckfang 6y ago
  Wow, the bots are out in full force on this thread. I've seen the proof on twitter and elsewhere it was 100% an option in the GUI. Enough of your gaslighting, Synology.
  - vetinari 6y ago
    Yeah, bots, everyone who doesn't subscribe to hivemind or doesn't join the mob is a bot, sigh... I can show you similar screenshot. Does not make it genuine. I used to own a value series Synology NAS, and it was not possible to create btrfs volume. For extra fun, it was also possible to create only 32-bit ext volume (i.e. limited to 16TB; if your pool had more, you had to create separate volumes) and it didn't support some ext4 features, so you had to be very careful when creating volume on external device.