WHY IS SYNOLOGY DOING THIS??? (The RAID Room)

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WHY Synology Changed Support of 3rd Party Hard Drives in DSM? https://nascompares.com/guide/why-synology-changed-support-of-3rd-party-hard-drives-in-dsm/ How to Use Unverified HDDs and SSDs on a Synology 2025 NAS (COMPLETE GUIDE) https://nascompares.com/guide/how-to-use-unverified-hdds-and-ssds-on-a-synology-2025-nas-complete-guide/ Sponsor Dave Russell's Work HERE - https://github.com/sponsors/007revad Dave Russell's Synology HDD db Fix here - https://github.com/007revad/Synology_HDD_db Specific 2025 Plus Model - https://github.com/007revad/Synology_HDD_db/blob/main/2025_plus_models.md Synology DS925+ Review (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSz5aOcJVtc&pp=0gcJCfwAo7VqN5tD Synology DS923+ NAS $559 on Amazon - https://amzn.to/4lTMADW Synology DS925+ NAS Check on Amazon - https://amzn.to/4j94Ozx Synology DS925+ vs DS923+ NAS (Article) ========= Synology 'PRE-DSM INSTALL' HDD Verification Check Fix Start telnet by entering http://NAS-IP:5000/webman/start_telnet.cgi into your browser's address bar. Replace NAS-IP with the IP address of the Synology NAS. Open a telnet client on your computer and log in to telnet with: root for the username 101-0101 for the password Execute the following command: (using a while loop in case DSM is running in a VM) while true; do touch /tmp/installable_check_pass; sleep 1; done Refresh the web installation page and install DSM. Then in the telnet window, or via SSH, execute the following command: /usr/syno/bin/synosetkeyvalue /etc.defaults/synoinfo.conf support_disk_compatibility no If Storage Manager is already open close then open it, or refresh the web page. If refreshing the page or restarting Storage Manager is not working, try restarting your Synology NAS. You can now create your storage pool from Storage Manager. ======= (Inside DSM HDD Fix) So you'd first need to download Synology HDD db to a system folder and run it from there. Via SSH - Create and cd to /opt: sudo mkdir /opt && sudo chmod 775 /opt - Create /opt: sudo mkdir -m775 /opt - cd to /opt: cd /opt || (echo "Failed to CD to /opt"; exit 1) - Download syno_hdd_db.sh to /opt: sudo curl -O "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/007revad/Synology_HDD_db/refs/heads/main/syno_hdd_db.sh" - Download syno_hdd_vendor_ids.txt to /opt sudo curl -O "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/007revad/Synology_HDD_db/refs/heads/main/syno_hdd_vendor_ids.txt" - Then set permissions on /opt/syno_hdd_db.sh sudo chmod 750 /opt/syno_hdd_db.sh - Finally, run syno_hdd_db. You don't need any options at this point. sudo -s /opt/syno_hdd_db.sh If Storage Manager is already open close then open it, or refresh the web page. You can now create your storage pool from Storage Manager. ------------- https://nascompares.com/guide/synology-ds925-vs-ds923-nas-which-is-better/ Synology DS925+ NAS Review https://nascompares.com/review/synology-ds925-nas-review/ Video Chapters 00:00 – Intro & purpose of the Raid Room series 00:42 – Synology’s shift to proprietary drives 01:23 – Official reasoning vs. possible profit motives 03:12 – Drive compatibility mods and why they still work 05:31 – Impact on sales and growing market alternatives 07:26 – Risks of a partial or full policy reversal 08:21 – Declining community sentiment 09:13 – Minority of users who accept the policy 12:46 – Why Synology’s camera launch was different 14:52 – Problems with making Synology drives the only option 15:33 – Availability, pricing, and enterprise drive issues 17:37 – Possible ways Synology could backpedal 20:09 – Influence of WD and Seagate in this debate Thinking of buying a product mentioned in today's video from Amazon? If this video has helped you make that decision, you can head to Amazon using this link and we will get a small % profit of whatever you buy, which goes directly back to NASCompares and allows me and Eddie to keep doing what we do here on YouTube and the Blog - https://amzn.to/3TjM0kj