The Synology End Game

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452 points amacbride | 3 comments | 29 Aug 25 06:37 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

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M95D ◴[29 Aug 25 08:47 UTC] No.45061719[source]▶

But self-building a NAS is still a problem, and I'm also talking about this [1] article from the same blog:

There are NO low power NAS boards. I'm talking about something with an ARM CPU, no video, no audio, lots of memory (or SODIMM slot) and 10+ SATA ports.

Sure, anyone can buy a self-powered USB3 hub and add 7 external HDDs to a raspbery, but that level of performance is really really low, not to mention the USB random disconnects. And no, port replicators aren't much better.

[1] https://lowendbox.com/blog/are-you-recyling-old-hardware-for...

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FredFS456 ◴[29 Aug 25 09:08 UTC] No.45061859[source]▶

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There are some new NAS boxes hitting the market (UGreen being one of the brands that are cheaper, but also Minisforum) which have solid hardware but aren't locked down at all. They're just x86 boxes with bog-standard hardware so you can just run whatever OS you want, and they support that use case.

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lostlogin ◴[29 Aug 25 09:51 UTC] No.45062117[source]▶

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Thank you.

To save some clicks:

https://nas.ugreen.com/ https://www.minisforum.com/pages/n5_pro

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1. mosselman ◴[29 Aug 25 11:04 UTC] No.45062536[source]▶

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Thanks for the links.

What do you guys think about security concerns around minisform and ugreen being Chinese companies?

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