Synology: New Plus models require verified hard drives
from David Haydl 
on April 21, 2025, 10:29 am | Write a comment
Synology announced that future NAS models the Plus series only supports the manufacturer's own and tested hard drives. The details.
All Plus series NAS systems introduced this year can only be used without restrictions when operated with compatible hard drives. For the time being, these will be the drives sold by the manufacturer itself. However, Synology also allows third-party vendors to verify their products through a verification process.proprogram. However, the NAS provider did not announce any exact timelines.
The manufacturer justified the step with the aim of improving reliability and compatibilityproTo minimize problems. According to Synology, NAS devices that are not used with a compatible hard drive may no longer be able to create storage pools or may fail to perform storage-wide deduplication.
In addition to Plus models launched before 2025, the J and Value series are also excluded from this change. Furthermore, drives used in older Plus models procan be reused without any problems.