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Quick update: I just did a bit of research myself and found out that the RAM in those NASes are not replacible and are soldered onto the motherboard. And for sure i might no longer consider buying one.

I like the Synology DSM’s UI, I know Xpenology exists, but i’d rather not pay for a NAS that will most likely become ewaste in a few years.


I am looking to buy a Synology NAS to replace my Raspberry Pi 4B. What data does Synology collect of
Greetings! I've been daily driving a Raspberry Pi 4B as a home server for quite a while now and thought it was a great time to make the switch to a proper NAS. My current Home Server setup uses 2 Raspberry Pi's. One is where i selfhost all of the stuff i need, and one hosts my website. The Pi only has 4gb of RAM, which is ok for me. But i can't really say much about it's performance. In Jellyfin, it's struggling with streaming music. Not even a movie, a single MP3 file, it struggles with it. I tried solutions like Nextcloud for a Selfhosted Cloud Storage Solution, but it would always wipe out it's config every time the pi reboots. I am looking forward to buy a Synology NAS. Their Web interface seems intuitive (theres even docker support too) and easy to use. However, i really am concerned on what data can Synology collect off of it. So, what data can Synology collect off the NAS and is it safe in a Privacy nerd's view?
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