I have a 1512+ with 5 drives set up as one volume. If I add a dx513, will I be able to expand the existing volume with additional drives?
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Yes, the additional drives will show up in the Storage Manager along with the drives in the base unit and be available for creating a new volume or expanding an existing one. DSM makes no distinction between drives in the main and expansion unit(s).
2005135
Last i read it will suppourt 3 tb drives. Dont know if it will take 4 tb drives.
1335203
No, you can not. The device takes 3.5 inch drives and can not use 2.5 inch drives.
2235680
Nope, that's only possible if you use XRAID (let the NAS auto handle the RAID levels). If you manually configure it as RAID1 initially using FlexRAID, you don't get the option to convert it to a RAID5 when you add in another disk later. You'll need to use at least 3 HDD to start with RAID5.
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If you want to utilize hyperduo (ssd drives combined with hdd) you need to use the proprietary software or the software from Marvell for this specific raid controller. if you are not mixing drive types/capacity, and want to utilize software raid, I don't see why you couldn't don't use another raid software. The four drives will show up as separate so there shouldn't be any problems. However, hardware raid is usually preferred for better results.
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You can add drives as you need them. The drives can be of mixed sizes too for the hybrid raid configuation; however, I recommend you try to keep to one drive size so select your initial drives with the thought of expanding later.
648055
Yes you can have multiple drives in your PC. My recommendation is that you want to use the 240GB Kingston HyperX 3k as your main drive to install your Operating System on. Use the 1TB for data/storage.
1884010
This is an expansion unit, that allow you to add up to 12 more drives to DS2413+ or DS3612xs. This expansion unit, by itself, does not do anything.
1005257
Hi, This unit only have 1 3.5" HDD bay and it is already used. No more extra bay for expansion. Thanks, PCrush
140742
You may have poor performance with that many disks simply because of the processing power required for an array that large. But there is no reason that this wouldn't work. If you're looking for a 16+ drive solution I would suggest something like the 2413+
619202
Yes; up to 1024 volumes with some DiskStations. Best to download the manual for the specifics of a given model before buying though.
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http://www.synology.com/us/products/DS1511+/ Looks like you need the DX510. Not sure if the DX513 will work.
378109
Yes, you can mix different drives up to 4TB in size each for a total of 32TB.
140743
I don't believe there is a volume limit and I certainly made one volume using 3TB drives across 1 extender, but I can tell you that I wouldn't do it again. I wish I made the extender a separate volume. If a drive dies and you replace it, you've got a full rebuild to do which will be that more intensive and if another drive dies in that process, you've lost everything.
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It would be a personal choice. If you need to keep it simple then adding is your choice. (1 drive, 1 address) If you don't mind 2 seperate drives and addresses then buy the 14 and manage both.
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Yes, this can be done with Synology Hybrid RAID (SHR). And yes, the process is not difficult, i.e. it is "smooth" (if you meant something else by smooth, please let me know). But upgrading the drives on this unit is one of the benefits of it. If you use traditional RAID options, then no you will not be able to upgrade one drive at a time to increase capacity. From my discussions with Synology, 12 bay units are generally recommended with traditional RAID, but they did indicate that many people use SHR with no problems. Personally, I would try to minimize use of the unit during the upgrade since it may help speed up the expansion.
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With the Synology RAID option you can start with the 3TB drives and add larger ones later. You just can't anything of smaller size than the drives used to create the array.