Question about upgrade options

[robw92]

Current setup:
DS920+ with 3x 8tb Seagate Ironwolf drives. Current used capacity 28% (4th 8tb drive being added this weekend, which should bring the use down to approx 20%, if my math is correct.)

I'm looking ahead to possible expansion options. I've read that the DX option might impact performance, so I'm wondering which other choices might be viable.
Thanks in advance for any input. Cheers!

 

[Telos]

Upsize your drives! Any NAS/Enterprise-rated SATA drive, that is not on the "Incompatible Models" list is fine. There is no drive capacity limit.

 

[Rusty]

I've read that the DX option might impact performance

IMHO, expansions are expensive and if you are considering one maybe an additional NAS would be a better choice. It won't cost much more but you will have a completely separate system. True, this will not help you with your current setup, but then again, as @Telos said expand the drives.

 

[robw92]

IMHO, expansions are expensive and if you are considering one maybe an additional NAS would be a better choice. It won't cost much more but you will have a completely separate system. True, this will not help you with your current setup, but then again, as @Telos said expand the drives.

I'm definitely considering a 2nd NAS, as just upsizing the drives would leave me with the original drives anyway. A NAS with more expandability than the 920+, perhaps?

 

[Rusty]

A NAS with more expandability than the 920+, perhaps?

Even the same one would be a better investment than an expansion.

 

[Telos]

Even the same one would be a better investment than an expansion.

And you can use the first NAS as back up for the second as well. That's what I ended up doing... Taking the older NAS and redoing the pool as JBOD for backups, and miscellaneous non-critical storage.

 

[robw92]

Thanks for all your feedback guys!!! One more question - Is migrating data from the old NAS to the new one pretty seamless?

 

[Telos]

Is migrating data from the old NAS to the new one pretty seamless?

That depends on the models involved. See here. Drive migration (where appropriate) between comparable DSM versions is the simplest. Migrating from a 32-bit machine to a 64-bit machine, for from ext4 formatted drives to btrfs formatted drives, can be tedious, and patiences testing.