DSM 7.4 hack for non-genuine Synology hard drives

[Telos]

a software update would literally nuke a storage pool

Reference, please.

 

[Coop777]

Where I see nothing inherently wrong with Synology developing features that only their drives take advantage of………. That will show the benefits using ‘their’ drives…. THAT IS A GOOD THING - AND PROMOTES COMPETITION - Between Manufactures - & OVERALL IMPROVEMENT! WHO KNOWS HOW THIS WILL AFFECT OTHER DRIVE MANUFACTURERS - With regards to future drive firmware?????

BUT: A “lockout” where only Synology Drives work, will result in “hacks” no different than ones developed for ‘Mercury Playback Engine’ years ago when NVidia and Adobe joined forces to create ‘Mercury Playback Engine’ where using only specific NVIDIA CARDS would work - when NEARLY ALL had the same code……and only changing a command line was the fix…… among other hacks.

In another life - I was an Adobe Authorized Beta Tester for over 10 years….. using NVidia supplied display Cards, And though I participated in many betas that were never released. I also participated, as other Beta Testers did, in under the table hacks, that not only improved my ‘secondary system’, (Only my secondary system had the hacks, so I could directly test Adobe.NVidia Beta code in Primary system, compared to ADOBE/NVIDIA Beta + Hacks code) on a secondary system: where those hacks were installed over beta code. It prodded Adobe to improve their code as well, as we openly discussed those hacks in the beta email site when it became evident that hacks were as beneficial as release code itself! Adobe understood, as they had competitors - NVIDIA Not so much. (That’s also where I learned: having a separate ‘Experimental’ system - where things could be tested and experimented with - and eventually be reformatted and reloaded from ground up - if necessary, came about - something I Use to this day! Also had an Adobe supplied: “Scorched Earth” code set - to clean computer systems - that is worth a separate thread to Itself! It was Frighteningly successful!

Everyone eventually benefited
From those hacks. Adobe & NVIDIA Realized their error and it’s now called CUDA CORES, and I bet You All use that code un-knowingly today!!!
For that reason, I see NO PROBLEM with hacks that improve the code’s overall health of our community!

Who knows…. It may eventually result in extension of useability if the company should abandon us! As recent posts have indicated!
If we are abandoned, the final firmware version will remain, as a ‘fallback’, and hacks will continue onward, as a source of forward motion!

GO FOR IT!

If it directly affects me - I have an “Experimental System 720+” with 3rd party Ram, SSD’s, power supply and external 3rd party eSATA enclosure & SSD! and a spare 2600 router, with 3rd party external SSD(TP) & modified power supply… Available: to test ‘Things’ on!

Synology drives are not made by Synology. They are select 3rd party drives that are rebranded and flashed with proprietary firmware. Therein lies the issue.

 

[Jan Janowski]

Also why I’m staying at 7.3.x. On legacy DS+.

I’m lucky! Thank goodness that in the past years: the only thing I’ve truly “lost” is H265. Somehow I inadvertently avoided all the APPS and other stuff that was taken away from us!

That makes one unsure about upgrading, especially since nothing new of substance has been acquired. We just kept losing!

Don’t know how many other OS routines are tied to license fee presently in use. ? Are they next?

I hope to believe you can’t lose if you don’t upgrade, right?

Support says I Got a year or two before I need to determine if 7.4 is ok for what little I do…. Time will tell.

 

[Coop777]

For perspective...I believe Telos is still running DSM 6.x OS on his NAS models. While security updates and patches are arguably important, If you have good security policies and controlled internet exposure to your NAS running on older DSM should be fine. I have zero intention of upgrading beyond 7.3.x

 

[zombiephysicist]

Reference, please.

Not sure what you mean but it’s reported in this thread that their storage pool disappeared on their rs+ units doing the upgrade and only got it back with a hack

DSM 7.4 hack for non-genuine Synology hard drives

This is as clear as mud. Let me see if I understand this. If you have an 1821+ or a 2423+RP and upgrade to 7.4.x, you CAN continue to use NON-synology drives, they will work, but show up with warnings, BUT, use of NON-synology drives will not allow you to use some new features of 7.4 (like...

www.synoforum.com

DSM 7.4 hack for non-genuine Synology hard drives

This is as clear as mud. Let me see if I understand this. If you have an 1821+ or a 2423+RP and upgrade to 7.4.x, you CAN continue to use NON-synology drives, they will work, but show up with warnings, BUT, use of NON-synology drives will not allow you to use some new features of 7.4 (like...

www.synoforum.com

 

[Telos]

it’s reported in this thread

There's only hearsay and insinuation (aka FUD) in this thread. Show us a Synology reference. If you contacted Synology Support, share that communication. Synology has never bricked a NAS through an update. Had they done so, thet would have been bombarded with posts, videos, blogs, etc.

 

[zombiephysicist]

There's only hearsay and insinuation (aka FUD) in this thread. Show us a Synology reference. If you contacted Synology Support, share that communication. Synology has never bricked a NAS through an update. Had they done so, thet would have been bombarded with posts, videos, blogs, etc.

Umm ok. So you’re saying 7.4 update with non synomolgy drives on the rs2421 and 2423 will work just fine and people developed a hack just for fun? And people in this thread and another reporting that storage pools based on non Synology’s drives just made it up for drama but after using the hack things worked, we’re all just for giggles?

I guess crazier things have happened, but considering Synology’s most recent marketing moves, this goes down as a scary good “April fools” level gag.