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Synology also has a bit of a software moat with its BTRFS-backed SHR implementation. You can throw in drives of arbitrary size and it'll automatically maximize
by archagon 11mo ago
Synology also has a bit of a software moat with its BTRFS-backed SHR implementation. You can throw in drives of arbitrary size and it'll automatically maximize the available free space. ZFS can't do that, though AnyRaid should make it possible in the future: https://docs.hexos.com/blog/2025-05-22.html https://docs.hexos.com/blog/2025-05-22.html
Plus, DSM has a spectacular web interface.
- cm2187 11mo agoSHR is not exactly rocket science, it is the combination of lvm and mdadm. You can do that yourself on ubuntu.
- archagon 11mo agoSynology adds some additional logic to automatically recover data from other RAID drives when the BTRFS layer encounters a checksum failure. I don’t think there’s any way to homebrew that part.