Can I move 4 disks from DS418 to DS1618+?

[atrisk]

The question, Can I move the four disks from a DS418 to a DS1618+ and just boot up the DS1618+ after the move and have the NAS up and running without reinstalling or moving data? Just wondered.

 

[Coop777]

No.

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[atrisk]

thank you just hoping against hope.

 

[Telos]

The Synology migration guidance is too simplistic, in your case. Generally complicating factors involve a 16TB volume limit, and a lack of btrfs compatibility.

Since your DS418 is btrfs compatible, and has a 108TB limit, there is nothing major limiting drive migration between these two units.

 

[atrisk]

Thank you! So you are saying it might be possible. but not on the Synology "recommended" way to do things?

 

[fredbert]

I know that my DS215j to DS218+ wasn't in the doable list by moving disks. But I remember doing that which resulted in updated packages (and probably DSM) being downloaded and then the DS218+ continued to run stuff like I had with those disks in the DFS215j.

I did have a full HB backup to fallback on if it went bad. Plus the I had only recently upgraded the DS215j from 2x3TB to 2x4TB (yeah small beer, but I was mid-business case and was planning to say I didn't need to buy extra drives). So the DS215j could take the couple of weeks stale data on the 2x3TB if it went truly bad.