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Synology Lost the Plot with Hard Drive Locking Move - ServeTheHome (www.servethehome.com)
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[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If I was an OEM like Beelink or Servermicro I would be rushing to make an unbranded storage box, five or six 3.5 in SATA hot swap bays in front, 2-4 NVMe ports on the bottom, decent low power CPU, and an SODIMM socket or two. They'd sell a ton of them.

There's no shortage of alternatives to Synology hardware. People buy Synology because of the software.

[–] SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Tons of alternatives from other NAS vendors, but I'm not sure anyone makes a Synology type box that is a generic x86 to run your own OS. Plenty of tower server type things but I'm not aware of any little toaster type boxes.

[–] HiTekRedNek@lemm.ee 1 points 4 hours ago

You can buy a NAS case, get a cheap matx or itx motherboard and roll your own with ease. Where exactly have you looked?

Here's one such case: https://a.co/d/eUz87Mh

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago

Lots of companies do. Or at the very least they make them to where you can install whatever you want yourself.