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Synology works with any hard drive. I bought a new unit and installed WD drives in it. No issues.
by system2 5mo ago
Synology works with any hard drive. I bought a new unit and installed WD drives in it. No issues.
- fenykep 5mo agoThey did revert this because of public backlash: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/10/synology-caves-walks-back-some-drive-restrictions-on-upcoming-nas-models/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/10/synology-caves-walks...
- RIMR 5mo agoThe point is that Synology tried to vendor-lock their customers for profit, and even though they didn't follow through, they told us what they stand for, and it is now considered ill-advised to buy their hardware because of that.
- system2 5mo agoWe tried nearly all vendors, nothing is as polished as their Ui and software.