The move was not popular, and half a year later Synology is reversing course. The company has released an updated version of the Linux-based operating system that powers its NAS hardware and while the ...

As of DSM 7.3, Synology no longer mandates validated drives in 2025 DiskStation Plus, Value, and J-series devices.

Synology DSM 7.3 brings third-party hard drive support to 2025 NAS models. Discover how this update changes storage flexibility forever.

Earlier this year, Synology announced a major change affecting how customers could populate the company's NAS devices with external HDDs. The Taiwanese corporation planned to restrict ...

Synology has backed down from only allowing certified hard drives that it conveniently sells in its 2025 network attached storage device line — but the new 7.3 DSM update is far from a complete ...

Earlier this year, Synology made headlines for all the wrong reasons when it announced it would be limiting support for third-party drives in its 2025 NAS lineup. Following months of backlash, however ...

Earlier this year Synology announced that you’d need to use Synology-branded hard drives in its 2025 line of “Plus” branded network-attached storage devices if you wanted full functionality. While you ...

Synology introduced a controversial policy with its 2025 DiskStation models where it prevented the use of WD and Seagate HDDs. Thankfully, it's walking back those claims, and you can use any hard ...

Most NAS products can create drive pools with any 2.5 or 3.5-inch internal drives, and that was true for all consumer Synology products released before 2025. However, the 2025 models of Synology’s ...

An environmental group is suing the city of Racine, Wisconsin, for failing to disclose projected water use for a Microsoft data center in Mount Pleasant. The lawsuit alleges the city of Racine ...