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Synology Lost the Plot with Hard Drive Locking Move - ServeTheHome (www.servethehome.com)
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[–] 18 points 1 year ago (1 child)

That is sad to see. I’ve moved on to Raspberry Pi + hard disk enclosure (with incredible performance) but it’s still upsetting to see Synology go this route.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    One point: if it matters to you, you might want to confirm your enclosure's behavior under power-loss conditions. I had one that did not come back to a powered on state or have an option to do so when power was restored. Not something I'd thought of, since I'd assumed this behavior. Eventually, after some looking, found an enclosure with a mechanical-toggle power switch that did restore prior state.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It does matter to me and I live in an area with frequent power outages. Unfortunately I didn’t check this out before purchasing so I’m pretty annoyed by this behavior.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Yeah, sucks. :-/

    For anyone else in the same boat, let me go see what that enclosure is with a physical power button that I wound up ultimately getting.

    goes to look

    This:

    https://www.amazon.com/Swapable-External-Enclosure-Support-Capacity/dp/B0DCDDGHMJ

    Probably others one can find

    just an 8-bay JBOD enclosure with a variable speed fan and physical power switch.

    But unlike the non-powering-on-after-power-loss enclosures, I haven't had problems with it.

    I have a ton of USB devices, and drive enclosures

    the one thing that I really do not want to stay offline

    are the only thing I've ever seen that doesn't power up again on power loss. Maybe there are some USB displays that might also do so, but I don't care about that if I'm not physically present.

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