Synology just released DSM 7.4 highlighting their new “storage efficiency” feature.
Note that you can’t actually use this feature unless you’re dumb and/or rich enough to fill your NAS with only Synology’s own overpriced drives. It’s unavailable to the other 99.9% of us paying users.
I’m so over their antics.
As of this writing, Synology’s own 24TB drive is $1300 on Amazon, with only a few in stock. Seagate’s equivalent is only $860. You can get a Seagate 28TB drive for $1020, and Synology doesn’t even make that size.
And what happens when you have to replace a drive? I can drive over to Central Computers right now and have a new WD purchased and installed an hour later. I have no idea where I’d source a Synology branded drive on short notice in an emergency.
