DSM 6.2 Data Backup and upgrade to Brtfs

[Carpio]

Dear all,

I need some help in how to upgrade my 1513+ storage space to Brtps so I can start to use Synology Drive. My NAS is operating under DSM 6.2. Currently, I got 3 HDD running on raid 5. The storage pool said I am using 3.5TB/5.4TB. I got 1 dummy HDD as volume 2 which I normally use it for download data which is currently empty. It said 3.4GB/2.7TB.

I would like to check if I can use Hyper Backup to back up the data from the raid 5 to my dummy HDD. I hope the backup do not need to use so much space and able to save all data into dummy HDD. If require, I got an empty slot , I can try to get a new HDD with bigger volume to backup the data.

For now, I would like to see how many space I need to completely backup my data in raid 5 through Hyper backup. If ok just using the dummy HDD is the best.

Another question is after I fully backup my data and upgrade the storage to Brtps, how to restore all my data into the new raid 5?

Thanks!

 

[Rusty]

You can use HB to test data backup from one volume to the next, and when it comes to restore, you can again use HB to reverse the process.