Synology Wisely U-Turns On Third-Party HDD And SSD Storage Support After Backlash

Earlier this year, Synology made headlines for all the wrong reasons when it announced it would be limiting support for third ...

Synology reversing its hard drive policy is good, but it might be too late

Synology is bringing back third-party drive support with DSM 7.3, but it might be too late. The competition has pulled much ...

Synology backtracks on its third-party drive ban after backlash - but there's a catch

ZDNET's key takeaways Synology will again allow third-party drives in its NAS boxes.Users will need to upgrade to DSM 7.3 to ...
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Synology Drops Branded Drive Requirement

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 reverses course on non-certified HDDs in NAS systems

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 ...