Synology Rackstations and Diskstations are dying due to a bug in Intel Atom C20xx CPUs - Is yours next?
For the low-down on this, see the Register article here . Though The Register mentioned Synology, they did not mention that large numbers of Rackstation and Diskstation NAS devices of every type have used the affected Atom chips. The DS1815+ is certainly getting attention , but my own RP2416RP+ - something that I would hope qualified at a mid-upper-end model, at least when I purchased it - is similarly affected. Lower-end model owners have also reported issues. And at this point there is no reason to think that every Intel Atom C20xx device is not affected. (And here I was mulling over the idea of retiring my old server, since my Rackstation has been doing so well. Good thing electricity rates are cheap enough that it wasn't worth turning off the old kit.) So far Synology has not released any statement regarding the issue or what steps, if any, they are going to take to correct it. They are probably still trying to figure out how to minimize the im...