About this deal
Synology’s decision to only allow the use of their own branded storage media on enterprise-level solutions was met with a mixed reception when it was rolled out in early 2020. On the one hand, the HAT5300 series of drives ARE good drives, arriving at a price point similar to the likes of Seagate Ironwolf Pro and WD Red Pro Pro-class Drives BUT featuring the architecture, performance and durability of Enterprise-class drives (such as Seagate EXOs and WD Gold) – it is a pretty good deal. Likewise, those looking for a full ‘one party’ solution will be pleased as it allows simple installation, deployment and management (with firmware updates and drive warranties being considerably easier to manage). However, with only three capacities of HAT5300 (8, 12 and 16TB) at the moment, as well as a relatively sudden pull on the support of other hard drive brands on this system, it has left quite a few users unhappy. Likewise, the decision in DSM 7 for the storage manager to prevent the use of non-compatible (i.e non-Synology) hard drives to be used in a storage pool completely, seems a touch aggressive in its presentation. As I have mentioned previously, I do actually quite like the HAT5300 series of hard drives, but the push by the brand to over-simplify the compatibility and support of 3rd party drives is something that I am less keen on and definitely do not want to see being extended to the rest of the PLUS/SMB line up lower down the portfolio in 2022. redpill / bios_shim . c:215 > Symbol #91 in mfgBIOS "broadwellnk_synobios" {MpId.25680}
Here is how the Synology DS3622xs+ Plex NAS – Jellyfish 4K 200Mbps H.264 Convert to 1080p 100Mbps File Performed: redpill / bios_shim . c:215 > Symbol #42 in mfgBIOS "broadwellnk_synobios" {synobios_event_ecc_notification}
redpill / bios_shim . c:215 > Symbol #25 in mfgBIOS "broadwellnk_synobios" {gSynoCRYPTOMapping}