Suggestion need for increase volume on 1513+

[Carpio]

Hi all,

I got a 1513+. DSM 7.1. I use 4 bays only. I setup Volume 1 by a 3 bays 3TB running on raid 5; Volume 2 by a 3TB.

It is mainly for my PC and family photo & video backup. They are all saved in my volume 1. I used volume 2 as hyper backup destination and extra backup copy for important data. My volume 1 is now 64% used. I would like to ask on a few questions assuming still keeping my 1513+:

• Should I setup my NAS under RAID 6 with Btrfs?
• Upgrade the HDD from 3 bays 3TB to 4 bays 8TB , is my 1513+ support?
• Keep 1 bays as volume 2 as extra backup for volume 1, is 3TB sufficient (only some major data will be copy over)?

Thanks

 

[Rusty]

Should I setup my NAS under RAID 6 with Btrfs?

Depends on your storage capacity needs and the fact that you want 2 drive redundancy.

Upgrade the HDD from 3 bays 3TB to 4 bays 8TB , is my 1513+ support?

Yes it will support that configuration

Keep 1 bays as volume 2 as extra backup for volume 1, is 3TB sufficient (only some major data will be copy over)?

Having a “backup” drive in the same device as your main data is not considered a backup

 

[Carpio]

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Depends on your storage capacity needs and the fact that you want 2 drive redundancy.


Yes it will support that configuration


Having a “backup” drive in the same device as your main data is not considered a backup

Depends on your storage capacity needs and the fact that you want 2 drive redundancy.


Yes it will support that configuration


Having a “backup” drive in the same device as your main data is not considered a backup

thx!

 

[Telos]

I used volume 2 as hyper backup destination and extra backup copy for important data.

This is not a backup. Backups are off-NAS (independent of NAS).

Should I setup my NAS under RAID 6 with Btrfs?

Why would you consider this?

Upgrade the HDD from 3 bays 3TB to 4 bays 8TB

There is no drive size limit. 18TB is fine, FWIW.

Keep 1 bays as volume 2 as extra backup for volume 1,

Take your backups off-NAS. Google "3-2-1 back up".