I have hard drives from a Seagate Blackarmor NAS. Can I use them in this Synology NAS and just have it reformat those drives.
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Yes. I did exactly that when I purchased my Synology NAS. The BlackArmor NAS was a piece of crap, but the drives are fine and the Syno. NAS will play well with them.
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It depends on the make and model of the hard drive that you used with that NAS. Here is a list of all the compatible hard drives that work with the 713+, http://www.synology.com/en-us/support/hd/model/DS713+. Hopefully that helps.
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Technically, I doubt it. If you treat it as a series of JBOD disks, maybe, but anything with RAID will require the unit reformat all drives. In general, I don't recommend the unit -- it's slow, it's finicky, etc.
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yes you can. I am currently running two of the 4 TB NAS drives from Seagate and I left the others empty. The device is scalable in that way however you will need to backup data on your current drive if you later want the added performance or redundancy of adding it to a RAID array.
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This is a set it and forget it NAS. Needs not be re-imaged. And for the price you will pay for this unit, you are better off buying a used case, sticking 4 4TB drives in it and getting a USB flash drive and calling it a night. Thats what I did using Synology's free version of their NAS and sofar its working great. Over 150 days up. I sold this unit last year with over two years of trouble free service. The only reason I sold it was because it was too small for my growing needs. So to answer your question. Not sure. But its also not needed.
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Sorr y my first answer was not complete. You can down load software for wd and seagate drives that will recognize and format them.
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If it is a compatible drive (check Synology's website) it will be erased and reformatted to EXT4.
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yes you can...i put 3 hd ..2 x 500gb seagate and 1 of 1 tr hitachi and work good.
2015609
Yes you can. Link to article I found. http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/22808/~/what-is-flex-raid-and-how-does-it-work-with-my-readynas-os-6-storage-system%3F
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No, it can work in as standard desktop drive. Being designed for NAS though means it will tolerate being in close proximity to a lot of other disks, for both heat dispersion and resistance to vibrations caused by the other drives. You may be able to get a drive that has better overall performance and a larger cache in a non-NAS version for the same or lower price.
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You can migrate the drives to a new unit but there are a few things that get lost. see this tutorial: http://www.synology.com/en-us/support/tutorials/484
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If your Synology NAS can use rsync, it looks to be absolutely doable. But I of course don't have a Synology to test this.
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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. 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... » Read More 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. « Show Less
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I have the same Synology 1813+ DiskStation, set up in a RAID 6 (with data protection) configuration, and I have temporarily filled only 5 of the 8 drive bays, as I do not need the entire 8-bay (4TB each) amount of the storage, and in addition, I don't want to use these drives yet to extend their useful lifetime. Additional drives can be added one-by-one as needed. So yes, what you are asking will work fine. And this unit is a GREAT feature-packed NAS! I've had it for 8 months now, and love it.
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You may have found your answer already. I' answer anyway. Yes, Synology Hybrid Raid option allows for different sized disks and upgrading one drive at a time. The volume capacity is based on the smallest disk installed but SHR will let you use the excess as separate storage. SHR allows expansion by adding larger discs.
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I do not think so. This is the RAID version of the enclosure so it will reformat the drives to a single volume. Look at the non-RAID version and it might be able to do what you want.
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You can set it up as JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Disks) which Synology calls 'Basic' which can be different sizes or as RAID 0 since all your drives are the same size. After formatting them you can then divide your disk pool of 16TB into one or more volumes. Either way I believe you lose all data if one disk is lost.
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This is diskless - just be sure to get HD's that are made for NAS (Seegate ST4000VN000, WD WD40EFRX, etc) do not use energy savers or spin down disks, it will cause havoc on your RAID integrity. So plz do read what drives are supported and are recommended. I put the ST4000VN000, in all of my devices, works great.