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So I'm trying to replace one of my three 8TB drives on my DS423+ 4 bay NAS (SHR) with a Dell Ultrastar... Currently I have an empty slot so I put the Ultrastar in there to run some health checks. It's showing up as 0 Temp and the S.M.A.R.T scans won't run: I've tried hooking it up to my...

Hi, Setting aside the DS415+’s bandwidth limitations and the absence of native NVMe slots: If I purchase four dual-NVMe-to-SATA adapters (each accommodating two NVMe SSDs) and populate them with a total of eight 4 TB NVMe SSDs (32 TB total capacity), then connect each adapter to one of the...

I have 2 PCIe 3 8TB sticks wasting away. Does anyone know of any adapters so I could use it, ideally, RAID 0 as a single 16TB 2.5" or 3.5" drive that I could stuff in the Synology to play with? At this point I'd even be ok just as a single stick. I found lots of M.2 SATA to 2.5" RAID 0 sata...

Has anyone used Transcend 4TB SSD230S drives as part of a synology NAS, or any NAS? Any opinions on using these drives in a NAS raid?

I've just pulled the trigger on 2 4TB sata drives. These will form a mirrored pool on my home-rolled zfs NAS. This pool will be for hotter data that I want to be immediately available; I have started spinning down the HDDs in the main pool in an attempt to save some money on power (UK). Having...

I would like to health test some WD20EFXR drives for use in a new DS418 or DS420. These drives are from 2015to 2017. I downloaded WD drive test utility on my desktop windows PC. And I have a sata to USB cable that I've used for Mac Powerbook HD upgrades to SSD. So, can I just plug these...

Hi, this seems to be an exact duplicate this thread but the outcome or to resolved was never posted (and I can't post to that thread anymore). Band new Seagate exos x16 16TB installed in slot #2 = synology not detected (light not on by the drive indicator) Swapped existing - working SATA to...

Hi, anybody familiar with these Disks 8TB Western Digital Ultrastar DC HC320 (SATA) HUS728T8TALE6L4 are they suited to use in Synology NAS? (DS916+)

wanting advice on a backup for my ds1512+. it is a bit old but still running ok. a recent power outage issue has me wanting a backup solution for the unit. not sure if i need another full fledged expensive NAS for this so would a USB3 sata docking station with a 8TB drive connected to the...

Synology NAS SSD Caching – Is There a Difference Between NVMe and SATA SSD Use If you have purchased a Synology NAS in the last 2-3 years in the ‘PLUS’ series of devices (eg. DS920+, DS1019+, DS720+, DS918+, RS1619XS+, etc) then chances are one of the reasons that you considered it was because...

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What a surprise this is. Synology just announced their very own SSDs! Coming in two form factors. 2,5" SATA and M.2 NVMe these new drives have capacities from 400GB all the way to 1,9TB. New SAT5200 SSDs 480GB - 1,9TB PDF specificiations for 2,5" SSDs are here. New SNV 3000 models at 400GB...