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I initially set my NAS up with JBOD. I now realize the stupidity of this and so want to change to a raid (or SHR) setup. Migrating the data is not an issue as I have several other disks that I can use temporarily. However, I've put in a lot of time setting up various docker containers. I would...

I've got a server (not a "nas") that has some age on the internal drives. This "server" is a windows computer that is on 24/7 and pretty much runs the media duties of the house. It's drives all have age on them, and I'm in upgrade mode ;) Any reason why a WD SMR (EFAX) drive(s) can NOT be...

Help? I have a DS418play that has 4x6GB discs in RAID 10, and is too full at 96%. I want more space, and have sourced 4 x 10GB discs. I am slightly less anxious than when I first set this up, so am thinking of converting to SHR ... but can't do that simply. So ... I could.... - stay with RAID 10...

New 1621+ just arrived and I loaded it up with 4x6TB Exos drives... I'm going to be using BTRFS but not sure about the array type... RAID 5, 6, or 10 is what I"m trying to decide. I don't believe I need SHR - I'm thinking about upgradability in the future (some models don't support SHR). Since...

Upgrading my 220J with 1 WD Red 12TB to a 920+ Plan is to buy 3 WD 4tb Red Plus and build a SHR-1 or RAID5 array, this would be for 2 users documents, photos, videos and movies (about 6tb) After migrating data to the 920+ install the 12TB and use for Surveillance having no more than 6 cameras...

I want to have an offsite backup of my DS1621xs+. It's connected to an iMac Pro over 10GBe and 1GBe to the router. I will eventually get a second DS1621 offsite and use Hyperbackup / Hyperbackup Vault between them. But until then, my offsite backup solution is a 2-drive G-RAID Thunderbolt 3...

I presumed that this would be an easy forum question: But I guess not! :ROFLMAO: Looking for the current thinking on SSD RAID levels. I've been running 5 SSDs in SHR-1 / BTRFS for quite some time and recently migrated them to a new NAS, giving me more drive bay options to play with...

Hello all, I currently have a ds418j, with 2x8TB, and 2x3TB drives in two RAID 1 configurations. I've never really worried about other types of RAID or SHR as I tend to upgrade my disks as they fail. My plan is to upgrade to a newer NAS, not decided but let's say it's a 4bay like a ds-920...

Hi guys Hope everyone is well and all your loved ones are safe and well. I have been lurking for a while and this is prob the best Synology forum ive come across. Ive been learning a lot. I am looking to make some changes to my current nas setup so needed some advice. Having looked up some...

I have a DS918+ with a DX517 Expansion box. I set the Raid as Raid 5 , 2 data drives and 1 checksum drive , using the drives from Western Digital 8tb Drives USB drives The DSM , reported I was at 72% drive usage with 9.42Tb Drives Space. The recent Amazon Black Friday had the Western Digital...

Hi everyone, As a Christmas present to myself :p, I've ordered a DS620slim with 3 x 4TB WD Red SA500 SSDs in order to retire my DS216+II as a backup NAS. I'm really looking forward to the almost-silence and the performance gain, but am a bit unsure on how to configure the volume. Let me...

I am getting my first NAS Synology DS920+ this coming weekend. I plan to use it for Plex Media only. I want to maximize all the storage and do not need to mirror any of the data as I have all the files backed up on other devices. I was under the impression I could treat my NAS Drives as...

Hi Tomorrow I should receive the Ironwolf 110 SSDs for my brand new DS920+. In the specific I will receive 4 SSD of 1.92TB (so a total of 7.68TB). Which kind of raid do you suggest me to do? Our goals are performances (we are a small business with 7 employees) and a good backup solution (this...

Hi, After ditching the WD Red 3TB disks due to 3 out 4 died, I decided to install new drives with clean install on my DS916+. I bought 2 new Samsung 860 QVO 2TB and put them in SHR+BTRFS in slot 1 and slot 3. SMART attributes showed for both 0 Bytes written when bought. During the 4 months...

Hello I have been using a DS414j for years with 2 HDDs with 4 TB each (WD Red) in Raid 1 (mirrored) configuration. Now I added two 8 TB HDDs - this is a 4 bay model. My plan: 1) Convert the Raid 1 to Raid 5 (or something similar - recommendation?) using 4 HDDs. Of course, only 4 TB of each of...

Looking to redo my backup NAS as I'm running out of capacity. I have 10TB and 6TB disks which I was going to join in a simple JBOD. Using the Synology RAID Calculator I noticed that in a RAID0 configuration, Capacity = 10TB + 6TB = 16TB I always understood that RAID0 mixed disks yielded ...

Since one of NAS hard disk defected, I removed the hard disk in DSM and can't read the file again. How can i read and backup my data to my PC? I used VMware and installed Ubuntus already but still can't work, does anyone can provide tutorial how to solve my problem? Many thanks,

Hi Orbit What do you mean that 'RAID is not a backup'? You are going to confuse him by saying that. Please explain what you mean by that to him. You are assuming he has your frame of reference.

A good read… https://daltondur.st/syno_btrfs_1/

Hi there... I am excitedly preparing for my new toy to arrive and want to be able to get it up and running ASAP after it arrives. I have watched some setup vids and there's a choice to make between 2 disc safety options on SHR (Quick set up) and Raid 6. I will have 5x 8TB, with 2 disc safety =...