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I'm confused. It sounds like only certain features will be unavailable for non-Synology drives: > Additionally, certain features such as volume-wide deduplica

I'm confused. It sounds like only certain features will be unavailable for non-Synology drives: > Additionally, certain features such as volume-wide deduplication, lifespan analysis, and automatic firmware updates for third-party devices will be disabled. It sounds like you can still use non-Synology drives just fine, but not do certain advanced things with them? So why is this being called "locking"? I use Synology at home just as very basic RAID. Am I correct that this wouldn't affect me at all? And are there any reasons why this is justifiable (e.g. hard drive manufacturers lying about health information) or is it just a cash grab?

kstrauser 2y ago
Not automatically applying firmware updates to 3rd-party drives is reasonable. Disabling filesystem features when using them is insane. Whats next — no encryption if you're using a Seagate?
- crazygringo 2y ago
  It sounds like deduplication is already a pretty advanced feature requiring Synology SSD's: https://kb.synology.com/en-me/DSM/help/DSM/StorageManager/volume_btrfs_dedup?version=7 https://kb.synology.com/en-me/DSM/help/DSM/StorageManager/vo... It might be more about performance, that they'll require their own drives with custom firmware that works better? That's what I'm trying to understand here. Is Synology really removing important basic necessary features, or is this more about high-end consistency and performance?
  - kstrauser 2y ago
    The former. They say it’s the latter but almost no one else in the space makes those goofy claims. If I buy an SSD that's too slow, that's on me. And if I deliberately buy a slower one because the cost:performance ratio is better for my needs, then that's my choice. There’s no technical reason why their rebranded devices should capable of doing things the competition can't, other than low-level things like installing firmware updates.

kstrauser 2y ago

Not automatically applying firmware updates to 3rd-party drives is reasonable. Disabling filesystem features when using them is insane. Whats next — no encryption if you're using a Seagate?

crazygringo 2y ago
It sounds like deduplication is already a pretty advanced feature requiring Synology SSD's: https://kb.synology.com/en-me/DSM/help/DSM/StorageManager/volume_btrfs_dedup?version=7 https://kb.synology.com/en-me/DSM/help/DSM/StorageManager/vo... It might be more about performance, that they'll require their own drives with custom firmware that works better? That's what I'm trying to understand here. Is Synology really removing important basic necessary features, or is this more about high-end consistency and performance?
- kstrauser 2y ago
  The former. They say it’s the latter but almost no one else in the space makes those goofy claims. If I buy an SSD that's too slow, that's on me. And if I deliberately buy a slower one because the cost:performance ratio is better for my needs, then that's my choice. There’s no technical reason why their rebranded devices should capable of doing things the competition can't, other than low-level things like installing firmware updates.