Anyone know about Synologies?
I have a Drobo 5N2, which is obviously orphanware.
I want a Synology to do much the same job. What should I get?
@goatsarah so i have a Synology and it was a bad experience because:
1. they will happily sell small ones where the hardware just isn't up to running the current bloated version of the OS
(specifically I got a DS216 then discovered this new device was below the *stated* reqs)
2. the BIOS is DRMed so you can't just put Debian on it or something sensible.
i have cut down enough of the software, including forcibly deleting bloated shit and making it impossible to auto-reinstall it, that it can serve SMB without running out of CPU
if this thing blows up or catches fire I'll probably get an old HP Microserver (near-silent, reputedly) and run a proper OS on it
@goatsarah they came highly recommended by many, so yes