Yet again another reason why I won’t buy proprietary systems like this. Make your own, if you know what a NAS is I’m sure you van handle it.
Welp, looks like I’m changing brands next time I buy a router.
Banana Pi R3 or R64 (OpenWRT). Some DIY assembly required but it will probably last you over a decade.
My favorite part about these is that they are unbrickable. There is no bootloader to permanently corrupt as the firmware that loads the flash chip is in mask memory and the firmware you load from OpenWRT is the bootloader + firmware. So even if the flash chip dies you can use the other flash chip on the board or with soldering skills replace it and re-flash it.
Alright, I’ll just buy another one… from a brand that isn’t shit.
Lenovo did this when they bought Iomega NAS devices. The final firmware before they ended support added google ads to the web admin interface. So now I have it booting Debian and OpenMediaVault, bye bye Lenovo.
Meanwhile Synology keeps updating my ageing NAS.
They may not have the best bang for the buck for hardware but their software package is really well put together.
Or just build your own? I have an eight-bay running OMV that I built using one of these cool little mini-ITX towers.
The “issue” I have with this case is the SFX format for the PSU, they are rare and more expensive.
My synology box is 8 years old now and still getting patches. I would actually buy it again. Good work.
I could be a lot happier with Synology. Honestly. When it’s time to replace mine I’m just going to build one.
