hard drive

I have a 918+ NAS with an 8TB and 10TB WD Red, plus 2x20TB Toshiba drives. I'm considering making it a backup unit due to its age and setting up a newer NAS as a primary unit, moving the drives over if possible. Are there drive compatibility issues I should be aware of? What strategies are...

Been a couple years since I examined drives.... for age..... The monthly tests have always reported fine, and I have ignored them because of that, stating "Ignorance is Bliss".. All are SHR. Today: Checked their age.... 2 main NAS's have same HDD in each, and are both 5+ years old...

I am getting Volume is degraded message but am unable to find the "Repair..." option mentioned in the Online Help. I have DSM 6.2.4-25556 Update 8 installed on a DS211j NAS Any help will be appreciated. I could also use documentation on how remove and replace a hard drive.

Hi there - I posted something similar last year, see here. The topic at the time was what to do with a nearly full 918+. After consideration I installed two new 20tb toshibas, taking me storage to 33.16tb. I have a backup strategy in place (rotating usb disks, and also C2), but it does not cover...

I'm surprised that the starting offset is set to 1024 after the switch to 4Kn. That can't be right. The old value under 512e is 8192. fdisk -l /dev/sde Disk /dev/sde: 10.9 TiB, 12000138625024 bytes, 2929721344 sectors Disk model: HUH721212ALE600 Units: sectors of 1 * 4096 = 4096 bytes Sector...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAs8Zz70se8 Source: NAS Compares (YouTube channel) Synology NAS and Media on Amazon – HERE Seagate Ironwolf Media on Amazon – HERE WD Red Media on Amazon – HERE Discuss by replying to this thread. - - -

The Synology Hard Drive and SSD Support Change in DSM 7.3 Explained – What You Can/Cannot Do With the release of DSM 7.3, Synology has formally introduced its latest and most detailed round of storage compatibility policies to date, outlining exactly which hard drives and solid-state drives are...

Synology (FINALLY) Gives In to 3rd Party HDD Support in 2025 PLUS Series NAS Of all the stories of 2025, very few had the level of impact on the NAS industry that the Hard Drive support policy change by Synology did. Continue reading... - - -

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lmEa_CPTe_c Source: NAS Compares (YouTube channel) Discuss by replying to this thread. - - -

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlrd-jl7qX8 UPDATE from video author: Source: NAS Compares (YouTube channel) Discuss by replying to this thread. - - -

As always, it is just statistics, your use case may be different, and your drives may or may not follow the big numbers.. https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-q2-2025/ Very interesting this Time is the 20TB and larger summary, where WDC and Toshiba appear to lead the pack...

Is there a good reason for Synology to change the support of “Unverified Drives” in DSM? Synology has long been regarded as one of the most user-friendly and reliable NAS brands in the market, balancing intuitive software with a wide hardware range that appeals to both home and business users...

Hi, I think my DS420j ethernet port is/has failed. Can I temporarily remove 2 HD's in a RAID1 config (bays 2 and 3; storage pool 2) and put them directly into a DS215j to get me up and running again? Thanks for reading this.

Hello, I have a DS218+, and I've noticed that the hard drives are always running, even if only for a few seconds at a time. After using the iotop tool for just two minutes, I discovered the following: I only have two bays, and I have an SSD connected via USB. Would moving Container Manager...

In the world of storage, the hard drive is often seen as a commodity. It’s easy to assume that any drive with the right interface and capacity will “just work” in a NAS. But after decades of supporting millions of Synology systems across home, SMB, and enterprise environments, we’ve learned...

Synology is closing the gap on third-party hard drive support further in 2025 Over the last few years, Synology have not been exact about being forward in supporting. Back in 2021, we started to see the brand reduce the number of third-party hard drives and SSDs on their systems. This...

I am fully aware that the 215j is nowhere near cutting edge anmd don't expect fast performance. It is populated with 2 Seagate 4Tb Reds which have functioned very well for many tears now in Synology's own "raid 1 mode". Sorry I can't remember the Synology description. The Drive properties now...

I have erased everything on my hard drives and am starting all over. So I have noticed dents on my new 16TB IronWolf NAS HD's and I am not absolutely sure if they came from my 918+ or my brand new expansion DX517. I have been having troubles with my hard drives as the old ones (WD 2018) were...

So I have a 4 bay 918+ and I've had for years but didn't feel the need to use it till my dropbox is now at max capacity. Well my WD Red 4T drives from 2018 are slowly going bad. My first bay now is critical level and these are the dum-dum things I did and need advice please. Thank you in...