- Asustor will not force users to brand players – you choose the parts, they remain compatible
- Lock means the discharge – the open NAS of Asustor avoids waste and maintains your relevant equipment longer
- Do you want to load 360 TB in your NAS? Asustor says it goes forward without restrictions
Asustor takes a firm position against the locking of suppliers with a renewed commitment to keep its NAS devices completely open and unlocked.
While not appointing any competitor, the move clearly targets brands like Synology, which restrict material compatibility thanks to the owner’s firmware.
Asustor says that it tests a wide range of third -party components for inclusion in its compatibility list but does not stop at the application of limitations. “We do not believe in treating our customers as children,” says society. Instead, Asustor trusts users to make their own choices when selecting readers, memory or even operating systems.
Freedom of choice without firmware walls
The company does not guarantee the support for each model on the market, but said that any reader compatible with the physical interface should work in theory. This includes many of the best Nas hard drives available today.
Asustor says that the objective is to provide “the best experience” without locking users in a narrow ecosystem that could deteriorate over time.
There is also an environmental advantage. Supplier devices with strict restrictions are more likely to become obsolete when internal training is interrupted, leading to unnecessary electronic waste.
“Another side effect of suppliers’ locking is the arrangement. Because ASUSTOR NAS devices do not enclose you, this means a longer longevity, because there is no risk of losing functionalities due to the end of the manufacture of internal records,” said the company in a blog article.
In addition, users are free to install other operating systems even after the end of the official support, which few NAS manufacturers allow. While Asustor does not provide direct management for third parties, it respects user rights to choose what works best for their systems.
In terms of performance and flexibility, non -neutral neutral nas devices offer much more space to develop. In the absence of restrictions on the firmware on storage capacity, users can install the latest large capacity discs, such as 36 TO models, and build tables up to 360 TB in an ASUSOR unit at 10 bays.
Devices with hard -coded limitations, however, may not support such upgrades. This freedom is crucial, especially when certain training or capacities become difficult to find. “Sometimes availability is a problem, and the specifications you want may not even be available,” says Asustor.
In the end, this reflects a wider philosophy: users must really have the equipment they buy. For those who associate their NAS with a portable hard drive or other third -party components, it is a reassuring sign that their configuration will not be artificially limited.
