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Synology drops requirement for Synology branded drives today
Posted on 10/7/25 at 11:19 pm
Posted on 10/7/25 at 11:19 pm
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Today, October 7, 2025, Synology announces the availability of the latest incremental release of its DiskStation Manager (DSM) operating system, DSM 7.3, for its network-attached storage (NAS) servers.
This update adds security fixes and some notable improvements, but you’ll likely be more interested in what it removes.
Indeed. DSM 7.3 eliminates the strict requirement for hardware compatibility, known as the Synology 2025 HCL policy, effectively allowing users to use Synology NAS servers freely with third-party SATA drives, as was the case prior to 2025.
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Posted on 10/7/25 at 11:48 pm to LemmyLives
I must have already been grandfathered in before they made that requirement.
Posted on 10/7/25 at 11:59 pm to RoyalWe
I have 2 units, both of which were bought before they announced that would become a thing. It seemed moronic. I mix drives from WD/Seagate based on failure rates, and upgrade them if one fails anyway. It was supposedly only the devices released in 2025 that limited what you could do with unsupported drives.
Posted on 10/8/25 at 8:22 am to RoyalWe
Me as well. I was confused there for a moment
Posted on 10/8/25 at 9:27 am to jmarto1
Figures. It was a nightmare when mine started to fail and I upgraded this summer. I spent weeks transferring from the failing NAS to HDD and then back to the new NAS that wouldn’t accept my old WD drives, and I still lost some data.
I’m curious if they opened up to 3rd party SSDs…because those are where Synology really gauges prices that are 4-5X third party alternatives.
I’m curious if they opened up to 3rd party SSDs…because those are where Synology really gauges prices that are 4-5X third party alternatives.
Posted on 10/8/25 at 10:00 am to lsuconnman
There will be zero room for cloud or brand lock-in in the prosumer space now that decent LLMs are a thing.
OSS projects have been updating like crazy over the last year and the rate is accelerating.
Maybe there is some room left in SMB market but that added convenience is simply less convenient now.
OSS projects have been updating like crazy over the last year and the rate is accelerating.
Maybe there is some room left in SMB market but that added convenience is simply less convenient now.
Posted on 10/8/25 at 12:26 pm to Dallaswho
Time will tell. I use mine for my photo library. I tried a cloud backup once and it was a month long process just to upload the library. I can’t even imagine the associated data costs if I tried that route today.
I also think there’s a pretty large prosumer population that doesn’t trust that software companies aren’t mining their library and training AI with it.
I also think there’s a pretty large prosumer population that doesn’t trust that software companies aren’t mining their library and training AI with it.
Posted on 10/8/25 at 12:42 pm to LemmyLives
Why I stick with simple ZFS solutions. Cheaper, better, more versatility, list goes on and on
Posted on 10/8/25 at 2:35 pm to lsuconnman
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I use mine for my photo library. I tried a cloud backup once and it was a month long process just to upload the library. I can’t even imagine the associated data costs if I tried that route today. I also think there’s a pretty large prosumer population that doesn’t trust that software companies aren’t mining their library and training AI with it.
OK but why would anyone want to run immich on synology or unraid when they can run it on a computer for 1/10 the cost and actually have a supported deployment and access to the latest features?
Posted on 10/8/25 at 5:17 pm to Dallaswho
Same reason I buy Apple products. It’s simple to use, and I know it will work as advertised.
Posted on 10/8/25 at 9:31 pm to Dallaswho
WAF. And that includes the amount of time you have to dedicate to manually manipulating FW rules, authenticating to apps on your wife's phone that doesn't use a password vault, etc.
I fought against WAF with HTPCs and audio until I had a wife. And then I realized that she could fix Sonos from her phone without me, or I could be involved. Plex is about as far as most of us can take our wives, if it's even 50% of the time. I know it's cheaper, but I also didn't like getting phone calls in foreign countries because she couldn't figure some stuff out. Volume unmounts or is rebuilding? Authentication expired and she gets a request she doesn't recognize etc.
The prosumer set is maybe 5% of the users of cloud services. Look at Reddit; they all have been told for years that their content is being mined, they don't care.
I fought against WAF with HTPCs and audio until I had a wife. And then I realized that she could fix Sonos from her phone without me, or I could be involved. Plex is about as far as most of us can take our wives, if it's even 50% of the time. I know it's cheaper, but I also didn't like getting phone calls in foreign countries because she couldn't figure some stuff out. Volume unmounts or is rebuilding? Authentication expired and she gets a request she doesn't recognize etc.
The prosumer set is maybe 5% of the users of cloud services. Look at Reddit; they all have been told for years that their content is being mined, they don't care.
Posted on 10/8/25 at 11:11 pm to LemmyLives
Ha I just mean if you’re going to run things like frigate, immich, jellyfin, arr suite, navidrome, etc, then doing it on synology or unraid is actually a huge handicap compared to just getting a much more capable mini and using the officially supported installs.
Also most of these are super wife friendly now with https front ends supporting web tokens and/or companion apps.
Also most of these are super wife friendly now with https front ends supporting web tokens and/or companion apps.
Posted on 10/9/25 at 7:47 pm to Dallaswho
Do you run stuff like jellyfin out of Hyper-V, Docker, etc? I've got 128GB of RAM that needs a use, and I need to do something with it. The "disappearing" of playlists on Apple Music, MusicMonkey, etc., has pissed me off to no end.
Posted on 10/9/25 at 8:08 pm to LemmyLives
Proxmox
Posted on 10/11/25 at 12:15 pm to LemmyLives
Good News! My qnap has been flawless for close to 10 years and wanting maybe upgrade soon but eliminated them for that reason.
Posted on 10/12/25 at 8:15 am to LemmyLives
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Do you run stuff like jellyfin out of Hyper-V, Docker, etc?
I have jellyfin in an LXC via PVE on an old 8259u NUC along with a few LVM for home assistant, node red, nginx, dovecot, arr tools, WireGuard, mosquito, MySQL, and various middleware. Most were migrated from another machine. Maybe not optimal but is 100% stable.
Also have frigate and vLLM running on bare metal minis.
I’d like to add naviseerr for music but we have a nasty subscription net to untangle involving both of our mothers.
I’m doing dispatcharr or jellyseerr and iptv very soon though. Did three trials a couple months ago but they all ended up being rebrands of a fairly poor top provider. As soon as I find one with a decent guide service, I’m 100% in.
Posted on 10/12/25 at 11:42 am to Dallaswho
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they all ended up being rebrands of a fairly poor top provider. As soon as I find one with a decent guide service, I’m 100% in.
I can shoot you an invite to IPTorrents. That's what I use as my IPTV with dispatcharr and Plex.
Have to build out the guide in m3u4u though
Posted on 10/13/25 at 4:32 pm to bluebarracuda
Definitely I’ll give it a shot.
Not thrilled about manual EPG but at least with arr or seerr it’s one time for several devices. Do I need WhatsApp or discord or something? I saw a lot of sites used those apps.
Not thrilled about manual EPG but at least with arr or seerr it’s one time for several devices. Do I need WhatsApp or discord or something? I saw a lot of sites used those apps.
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Posted on 10/13/25 at 7:03 pm to Dallaswho
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iknow@youfarted.com
is this real? Posted on 10/13/25 at 7:08 pm to Dallaswho
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Not thrilled about manual EPG but at least with arr or seerr it’s one time for several devices
You don't have to manually make it. Plex doesn't let you import custom epgs (or I have no idea how to get to it anymore), so I matched my channel guide with the local BR Cox channel guide to have it all matched up
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