Synology is pushing for consumers to buy its own brand of hard drives for its newest NAS appliances, with only certified drives getting the full suite of software support.
Older Synology NAS devices won’t be affected by the drive changes
The cost of a network-attached storage (NAS) device could be split into two components, with the NAS itself as one part, while the drives that fill it make up the second. At higher capacities, the drives can be the more costly element to acquire, and often leads to users shopping around for deals on hard disks.
It appears that Synology is keen to earn more from users by getting them to purchase its own line of hard drives to go with the NAS.
