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Synology Lost the Plot with Hard Drive Locking Move - ServeTheHome (www.servethehome.com)

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[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 36 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Fixed: https://github.com/007revad/Synology_HDD_db

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 29 points 19 hours ago

Fixed

Worked-around, you mean. And that hack seems temporary.

[+] remon@ani.social -15 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

Yup, been using that from the start, since none of the 20TB drives were "verified" when I bought them.

It's a bit annoying that you have to do that, but ultimately a non-issue.

[–] LiPoly@lemmynsfw.com 49 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

A non-issue??? That is absolutely an issue, because 90% of consumers won’t know about this fix. It’s outrageous that a consumer facing brand introduces such arbitrary vendor lock-ins, especially without reason. It’s just like HP with their ink lock. An absolute dick move and should not be supported in the slightest.

[–] NameTaken@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Not to say I'm not annoyed and they definitely should not be doing this except for their enterprise line. Would I buy another Synology again, no definitely not.

However most "consumers" buying a NAS are already pretty tech savvy. When this issue happened to me I googled it and found and applied the script in 15 or so minutes. Run the script essentially once a year or so when major updates come along. Hasn't been a huge issue. The issue will be if /when they block this script or other fixes.

[–] remon@ani.social 3 points 10 hours ago

Run the script essentially once a year or so when major updates come along.

I've set it up in the task sheduler as a "on boot-up" task. Have never bothered with it through multiple updates.