Synology Lost the Plot with Hard Drive Locking Move

Re:Synology Lost the Plot with Hard Drive Locking Move by transpute on Tuesday April 22, 2025 @09:58AM (#43762273)

Per sibling comment, "unique" is a better descriptor than "rare". The NAS is made in Taiwan and has been readily available from Amazon or QNAP store.

The Marvell CN913x SoC has been shipping for 5 years, following the predecessor Armada SoC family released 10 years ago and used in multiple consumer NAS products, https://linuxgizmos.com/marvell-lifts-curtain-on-popular-nas.... Mainline Linux support for this SoC has benefited from years of contributions, while Marvell made incremental hardware improvements without losing previous Linux support.

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Re:Synology Lost the Plot with Hard Drive Locking Move by j45 on Tuesday April 22, 2025 @03:35PM (#43765497)

This is spot on. I'd like to add that unique often in hardware is not forcing people to buy a few times to get it right, especially first time buyers.

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