expansion

Hello, Could you confirm if the following steps are correct and if I’m missing anything? I want to migrate my current storage pool (EXT4) to BTRFS. Currently, I have three 8TB drives and one 4TB drive. The plan is to replace the 4TB drive with a new 8TB drive. Here’s the plan: Remove the...

My understanding has been that drives in expansion units are fully interchangeable between the DX and DS. However, I saw a post recently that said that drives residing in DX units have empty OS and swap partitions, so effectively DSM does not reside on “every” drive, but only those on the DS...

If I want to expand my network, based on the RT6600ax I already have, I'm slightly confused about which Synology products go get. Seems like the RT6600ax is the only one capable of Wifi6 and if I buy a MR2200ac for example, which doesn't seem to handle wifi6, I guess I'll get worse performance...

I currently have a DS1821+ with 2 separate volumes - first volume is 4x20Tb drives, and second volume is 4x14Tb drives. Due to space starting to get low, I have decided to get another DS1821+ and want to move the second volume to the new DS1821+ and then add another 4 disks to both volumes and...

My DS920+ has a single eSATA port, which is connected to a DX517. Question is: Is there a way to add a second DX517 to the same NAS? For example, using a USB3.0 to eSATA cable? I ask this with several things already realized: (1) the USB3.0-to-eSATA connection would (if it works at all) be...

I recently obtained a Seagate STGY8000400 to use with Hype backup, but after getting Daily Error Messages that it Failed to Mount (And then does after a period of time) is enough for me to return it and find an "Approved" replacement. The Synology Compatibility List is always a challenge.. for...

Hi, I just connected a second USB expansion drive to my DS118, the first has been connected for some time now and shows in File manager as "usbshare1", I have had no problems with this. But the second drive just connected was initially connected hot, don't know if this is the best way or...

I have a DS920+ with 4 16TB drives manually configured as RAID 10 (may have been a mistake). I have reached 87% utilization, so I need to expand. I have been through the Synology support section with little luck. I did not use SHR. 1) Is it possible to replace (a drive at a time) two of the...

Hi, I wonder is it possible to enable WOL (Wake up on LAN) option on Expansion card ? I want to buy Ds1522+ with Addition to E10G22-T1-mini expansion card for 10Gbit speeds but since NAS will be on different room (not in office but still within same network/switch location) i wonder is WOL...

Hey everyone, I’m a beginner to intermediate user of Synology DS918+ so please forgive my ignorance or lack of knowledge in many areas of this whole space of data redundancy, backups, NAS hardware and home networking/cybersecurity - I’m here to ask for help from this knowledgeable community...

Background info: So I have a DS1821+ in SHR with drives in this configuration: 5x12TB and 3x16TB I previously did a HDD migration from a DS1019+ in DSM 6 and added the 3x16TB drives I checked Storage Manager and it says NO under "Multi Volume Support" since I created this storage pool in DSM 6...

Hi All I have a DS1817+ server running in SHR mode when i first got it i added 2 x 8tb drives then a 10 tb then 2x 12 tb recently the 10 tb faulted so i replaced it with another 12tb . after a few months i finally got a replacement 10 as the previous one was still under warranty. The problem is...

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I have a DS1821+ with a DX517 expansion unit. I have a separate volume on the DX517, but I can't seem to get the mapped network drive for the DX517 to reconnect on Windows 10 restart. I have a script that runs that will reconnect the mapped drive to my DX1821+, but the same script isn't...

For my DS1520+ I am rethinking the onsite backup solution. (At the moment I use an external HD for this, but I want to make this HD the offsite backup). So, in regards to the onsite backup I see two convenient options: Another (lower-powered) NAS or the DX517 Expansion unit? What is better?

Hey All! I've had my 1019+ for a few years now. 5 x 6TB drives in a Raid 6 array. Worked great since day one. I don't do much tinkering, so not too familiar with the ins and outs of it. My unit is filling up, so I've decided to replace them with 12TB drives. But for good measure, I've...

My DS920+ is running 6.2.4 has 4 8 TB drives. I want to replace them with 4 12 TB drives. Should I be doing a storage expansion after the repair has finished for each drive or should I be waiting until all 4 drives have been properly swapped and repaired?

Hello admin / all: I'm new to the forum, but have a relatively specific question I'm hoping someone might have some insight for. I could not find a similar post or question here and wasn't sure where to post this. Maybe HW & SW Compatibility? I'm not a power NAS/Networking user, but know just...

Wanted to say "Hi." I've had my new system for a few weeks now and still have a lot to learn. My primary use is centralized data storage for our 2 Kodi systems, for which it's performing quite well. The 920 has 4 8TB WD drives and I re-used 5 of the 6 4TB WD drives that were originally...

Hi All, I have a RX1217 Expansion that has only been used for about a month by a client. I have it on eBay for $1,150.00 Canadian Dollars. https://www.ebay.ca/itm/334459636481?mkevt=1&mkcid=16&mkrid=null Dan