DS723+ M.2 NVMe Compatibility

[bear0214]

Anyone using Non Synology M.2 NVMe in a DS723+?

WD Black, Samsung, Crucial, Kingston?

Thanks

 

[Rusty]

Anyone using Non Synology M.2 NVMe in a DS723+?

WD Black, Samsung, Crucial, Kingston?

Thanks

Tested Samsung, working fine.

As cache those will work, but as nvme drives for a usable volume, no.

 

[Illinoid]

This is a timely question for me, as I’m making some decisions to rearrange configs and build out a 723+ to act as a separate “home management” NAS, specifically for Surveillance Station and Home Assistant.

I have 2x off-brand NVMe working fine as cache in the 420+ that I was thinking I could put in a 723+ as a zippy volume for Home Assistant, but you’re saying that in order to do that, I need to buy the Syno-branded NVMe?

Bummer.

 

[bear0214]

This is a timely question for me, as I’m making some decisions to rearrange configs and build out a 723+ to act as a separate “home management” NAS, specifically for Surveillance Station and Home Assistant.

I have 2x off-brand NVMe working fine as cache in the 420+ that I was thinking I could put in a 723+ as a zippy volume for Home Assistant, but you’re saying that in order to do that, I need to buy the Syno-branded NVMe?

Bummer.

I asked this same queston over on the Synology reddit sub here

I came across this post and it looks like this may enable creating storage pools for non Synology NVMe's - I haven't tried this yet as I have not recieved my 723+ from shiping yet.

 

[Illinoid]

I came across this post

Great find… thanks for sharing!

 

[bear0214]

So I ordered a couple of these Crucial P3 1 TB SSDs Crucial components have always been good for me, seemed like a good price also.

 

[Rusty]

I asked this same queston over on the Synology reddit sub here

I came across this post and it looks like this may enable creating storage pools for non Synology NVMe's - I haven't tried this yet as I have not recieved my 723+ from shiping yet.

Do be aware this is an unofficial method that might break at any point during next DSM update or even a reboot (unlikely but still).

 

[Telos]

Even in best circumstances Synology's implementation is half baked, as there is no support for expansion, etc.

Maybe they're saving that for v8, to force hardware upgrades.

 

[bear0214]

Do be aware this is an unofficial method that might break at any point during next DSM update or even a reboot (unlikely but still).

The "Official" Synology NVMe's must be gold plated for the price they sell for... I find it very hard to believe it is really that much "higher quality" that it demands the prices they are asking... BS!

 

[Rusty]

The "Official" Synology NVMe's must be gold plated for the price they sell for... I find it very hard to believe it is really that much "higher quality" that it demands the prices they are asking... BS!

I won't argue the price, just saying that any other vendor is not officially supported, considering that on most hack solutions this is not mentioned.

On the other hand it does work, the question is just for how long. Best to know what you are getting into that's all.

 

[oRBIT]

I've submitted this as a featurerequest to Synology, to allow other brands than their own (very expensive). I suggest people to to the same, contact Synology! I'd love to turn my 4-bay DS923+ to a "6-bay" unit with NVMe's...

 

[Rusty]

I've submitted this as a featurerequest to Synology, to allow other brands than their own (very expensive). I suggest people to to the same, contact Synology! I'd love to turn my 4-bay DS923+ to a "6-bay" unit with NVMe's...

While I do support the campaign I can tell you with 100% accuracy that will not happen considering how the company is currently aligned.

 

[Coop777]

This is a good find. I will at some point run this on my 1522+ once I buy drives and upgrade it to DSM 7.2

 

[m4v3r1ck]

I came across this post and it looks like this may enable creating storage pools for non Synology NVMe's - I haven't tried this yet as I have not recieved my 723+ from shiping yet.

Great alternative, thanks for sharing! Cheers