That was the absolute deal killer for me. Even if the white labeled drives were the same price, which they decidedly weren’t, if I have a Seagate that dies, I k

That was the absolute deal killer for me. Even if the white labeled drives were the same price, which they decidedly weren’t, if I have a Seagate that dies, I know a local shop where I can buy a replacement an hour later. All Central Computers has in stock from Synology is a 12TB drive for $300 (LOL no). Amazon Prime’s largest drive is an 18TB unit for $800 (WTF are you kidding me?). I don’t have time to wait around for them to ship a drive. I certainly don’t have the budget to stock up on spares at their exorbitant prices. Hard pass.