Is your NAS affected? Heads up.

So after hunting around looking at options for a new NAS solution, I was made aware of the following:-
https://www.theregiste​r.co.uk …t_warning_to_fa​ulty_chip/

Intel ATOM C2000 chipset that is affected.

Of interest is the Intel ATOM C2538 Processor used in some NAS.
It can cause your NAS to BRICK sooner rather than later. Increased rate of failure due to the chipset.

NAS Models known to be affected:

SYNOLOGY DS415+, DS1515+ DS1815+, DS2415+, RS815(RP)+, or RS2416(RP)+
NETGEAR ReadyNAS 3130, ReadyNAS 3138

Synology response:
https://www.bit-tech.net …-atom-abnormal-failures/1

Also, new SYNOLOGY XX17+ coming out Q2 2017, so keep this in mind.

Thanks for posting. We have a DS416 with no issues, so I rarely read the Synology news. All the firmware and apps are updated automatically and have made me complacent. Just confirmed my unit has a different cpu, but it was still prudent to know these things are happening.

NDA, its to do with the 15's, so 16's use a different chipset and are all okay.

I must be safe. I don't even know what an NAS is. I'm guessing not Naval Air Station.

Network-attached storage (NAS) is a file-level computer data storage server connected to a computer network providing data access to a heterogeneous group of clients. NAS is specialized for serving files either by its hardware, software, or configuration.

Phew, mine is the DS411+ model.

Butts wrote in post #18318726
Network-attached storage (NAS) is a file-level computer data storage server connected to a computer network providing data access to a heterogeneous group of clients. NAS is specialized for serving files either by its hardware, software, or configuration.

Translation: It's a file server. Makes automatic backups as if you had multiple hard drives protecting your important work or favorite cat photos. Let's people and their devices upload or download stuff, too. Sort of like the cloud, but you can look at the box with flashing lights and say, "yup, there's my stuff."

I have been using a Synology DS212+ for more than five years with no failures. I upgraded the drives last year to 2 3T drives.