Nice to see a tech company actually getting punished for their anti-consumer policies.
I first heard about this update from Cory Doctorow’s newsletter: https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/10/synology/#how-about-nah
The post about the original policy: https://hexbear.net/post/4619813
This sounds incredibly complicated. Basically I just want to setup a storage setup with redundancy and a silent machine. I’ve got a Synology already but with the hard drives in it its way too annoying to keep in the same room so i hardly use it.
I don’t own one, but look into n100/n150 machines. I had been looking at These but decided to upgrade an old pc instead. But the cpu is only a few watts so should be nice and quiet. Forget which exact reviews I’ve seen of it
I came across this brand in my research and apparently they have truly abysmal quality control and customer service.
It’s more complex than building a desktop or gaming PC but the principles are the same… most of the concern is geared toward providing space and SATA hookups for your spinning disks… still if what I described turned you off, I get it… can you replace the fans in your Synology with quieter ones? And/or run a network cable so it can be in another room, or get it on wifi?
I was thinking about it but its a DS920+ and already many years old even though I’ve never actually used it. The hard drives are out of warranty as well, so my new thought is to sell the whole kit and kaboodle and then start over with a new UGreen model. I really hate how much noise the hard drives make inside the Synology and apparently this model is still very popular because it has the Intel chip for Plex.
Right on, if you can unload it for an upgrade then by all means… just to play devil’s advocate though, if you can get it on your network and stash it where you won’t hear it, maybe that’s a less expensive solution, unless you think you can break even on it. If you’ve scarcely used it, the drives may not have the wear and tear of their actual age, and you could potentially get years more service out of it before you’re forced to upgrade. Just a thought!
Where do you sell computer stuff like this nowadays? I haven’t sold anything on the internet in a long long time, certainly not as specialized as a Synology server with hard drives.
I dunno besides ebay, craigslist, or hardware sales subs
, seems like there would have to be other niche trading forums out there… dealing in person is always better, maybe put up a poster at a local coffee shop or library or places where geeks hang out?