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0 pointsInsideOutSanta11mo ago0 comments

Yeah, same. I have had three Synology boxes over the last 20 or so years, and they have been super reliable, easy to use, and easy to update. The last one is important to me because I would, over time, add more disks and, when the drive bays were all full, replace smaller disks with larger ones.

The first one I bought is still in service at my parents' place, silently and reliably backing up their cloud files and laptops.

I was fully expecting to buy more in the future, but this is a dealbreaker. If a disk goes bad, I want to go to the local store, pick one up, and have the problem fixed half an hour later. I do not want to figure out where I can get approved disks, what sizes are available, how long it will take to ship them, etc.

I've recently installed Unraid on an old PC, and the experience has been surprisingly good. It's not as nice as a Synology, but it's not difficult, either. It's just a bit more work. I've also heard that HexOS plans to support heterogeneous disks, and I plan to check it out once that is available.

So that's the direction I'll be going in instead.

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timcobb11mo ago

> I have had three Synology boxes over the last 20 or so years

Sounds like this is the problem with Synology... How are they going to make money when their products are so good!

horsawlarway11mo ago

Honestly, seems like they got roughly one hardware sale to him every 6 years or so.

Which is along the same trend line I'm seeing for my purchases.

That's pretty solid for hardware sales.

My guess is that they've over invested in things like their "drive" office software suite, and don't know how to monetize it or recoup costs.

I like Synology, but locking me to their drives is a hard "no thanks" from me.

Next NAS won't be from them if that's their play...

timcobb11mo ago

Every six years is enough for apple and other companies who have other sources of revenue and have staked out this high quality niche. But androids, as an example, are more of an average 3 year lifespan if I'm not mistaken, which is closer to what Synology would probably want to achieve but cannot.

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0 pointsInsideOutSanta11mo ago0 comments

The first one I bought is still in service at my parents' place, silently and reliably backing up their cloud files and laptops.

So that's the direction I'll be going in instead.

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timcobb11mo ago

> I have had three Synology boxes over the last 20 or so years

Sounds like this is the problem with Synology... How are they going to make money when their products are so good!

horsawlarway11mo ago

Honestly, seems like they got roughly one hardware sale to him every 6 years or so.

Which is along the same trend line I'm seeing for my purchases.

That's pretty solid for hardware sales.

My guess is that they've over invested in things like their "drive" office software suite, and don't know how to monetize it or recoup costs.

I like Synology, but locking me to their drives is a hard "no thanks" from me.

Next NAS won't be from them if that's their play...

timcobb11mo ago

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