Hi experts,
I am about to start my NAS journey with DS1522+. I bought three WD red Pro 18TB drives but one of them was DOA and I am waiting to get a replacement (topic for another day but I never knew that WD wants you to pay for return shipping even if their drives are DOA, and if you want Advance RMA, then it's 25 extra ). The latest is, after waiting for 2 weeks, I am told that they can ship a 20TB drive now as 18TB is not in stock. For now, I have setup the NAS with two 18TB drives with SHR, I have not started copying the data on it yet as I was waiting for third drive. My query is, will it be an issue if I add a 20tb drive in a few days. The raid calculator says that extra 2 tb will be "not used". Is there a way to utilize that space or I should just use it as 18tb drive. Would it cause any issues later down the road. Also, is it really a good idea to wait for the third drive for another week or more before I start copying all my data over NAS.
Thank you.
I am about to start my NAS journey with DS1522+. I bought three WD red Pro 18TB drives but one of them was DOA and I am waiting to get a replacement (topic for another day but I never knew that WD wants you to pay for return shipping even if their drives are DOA, and if you want Advance RMA, then it's 25 extra ). The latest is, after waiting for 2 weeks, I am told that they can ship a 20TB drive now as 18TB is not in stock. For now, I have setup the NAS with two 18TB drives with SHR, I have not started copying the data on it yet as I was waiting for third drive. My query is, will it be an issue if I add a 20tb drive in a few days. The raid calculator says that extra 2 tb will be "not used". Is there a way to utilize that space or I should just use it as 18tb drive. Would it cause any issues later down the road. Also, is it really a good idea to wait for the third drive for another week or more before I start copying all my data over NAS.
Thank you.