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[–] dellhiver@sh.itjust.works 68 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (8 children)

Starting to think that companies are all competing on a secretive Achievements Global Leaderboard.

Synology finally unlocked: "Hubris - only 99% of other large corporations have achieved this".

I have an old Synology NAS; which i was considering upgrading.

But...

  1. They removed Video Station and HEVC support
  2. Recently moved to remove all hardware transcoding
  3. This stupid HD restriction
  4. The decision to once again cheap out on hardware. My Synology is about as powerful as a first-gen Netbook. Newer models aren't much of a step-up. I'm surprised they opted to upgrade networking to 2.5gbe, probably pressure from competitors.
  5. Edit: from a comment, the e-waste builds with non-upgradeable RAM

Yes the software is easy and reliable to use, but the fact that I only need to interact with it a few times a year, means it's no longer a selling point for me.

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Look for a used Gen 8 HP microserver. 4 3.5 bays, replaceable cpus from celeron to some xeons. Upgradeable ram. An extra slim CD bay that can be reourposed for an SSD, power sippy, pretty nice looking, not super silent, but replaceable fans,

I really like mine, and it's running Xpenology, essentially Synology OS

[–] dellhiver@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

I think it will be a custom build next time. I'll still use the old one just for backing up photos from my phone.

Do want something that's quiet and sips power when idle, but can easily transcode any content when needed.

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