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Can I temporarily replace disks to do some tests?

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I am new to Synology products and have just set up my new DS923+(2 bays used).
I now wish to add an UPS to protect from power failures. - I've ordered a APS BX750MI.
When it arrives, I will want to test it to check that the DS shuts down nicely - the whole point of the UPS.
However I don't want to put my system at risk if it does not shut down nicely, so was thinking of doing the following:
Shut Down
Remove the two disks
Replace with one spare disk
Load DSM - set up a simple pool and share
Add UPS and USB lead - adjust UPS settings in control panel (suggestions as to best settings appreciated here)
Disconnect UPS from power and see what happens.
Assuming a good result (ie clean shut down with no problems)

Shut down DS, Replace disk with original two disks and restart.

So the big question is - Can I do this - will the DS recognise the replaced disks, start up and run as if they'd been there all the time?
Or will the firmware "know" that changes have been made and not start up as I'd expect?

Thanks
Ian
 
AFAIK that procedure should work fine.
 
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Take care of: "Load DSM - set up a simple pool and share"
You are installing DSM on another HDD, make sure you install the same version !
If the version is newer and you jou place back the 2 HDDs, then these will be updated too and maybe you don't want that.
 
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You are installing DSM on another HDD, make sure you install the same version !
If the version is newer and you jou place back the 2 HDDs, then these will be updated too and maybe you don't want that.
THIS !
 
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Thank you all. My experience is with Dos and Windows. With those, all of the operating system is stored on the disk - You can then have different operating systems on different disks and swop them over to change operating systems.
From the answers above, I take it that some (or all) of the DSM operating system is stored on the DS hardware rather than the disk(s). Have I got that correct?
Where can I find a description of where different parts of the operating system are stored so that I can give myself a better understanding of what is going on?
 
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I would say, don't worry, Your model is a recent one. Just make sure you have latest version of the DSM on your system before pulling the disks and you will be fine putting them back on a later moment.
DSM is located on the disks, and just a few things are in flash memory.
 
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I've only had the Ds for a month, so know no better than to install the latest release (as recommended by Synology) and then update it as recommended. So I'm now on DSM 7.2.2-72806 Update 1
 
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