I have one with 5x3 TB, format is SHR2 (9 TB). If I put 3x1 TB drives into spare bays, will that give more space? Or only if I add 3TB drives?
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My understanding is you need to use drives of equal or greater side. I would check with Synology support to see if anything has changed.See below:Can the SHR Volume accept drives of smaller capacity once a SHR Volume has been created?For clarification, if starting out with a SHR Volume utilizing 1TB drives, then all drives which are added or replaced to the SHR Volume must be equal or greater than 1TB. A 500GB drive cannot be added into an existing SHR (or Classic RAID) Volume, and have that storage pool of the smaller drive be utilized within the volume.
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Based on the Synology RAID calculator you should have 12TB of usable space and 6TB of parity (http://www.synology.com/en-us/support/RAID_calculator)Adding 3 x 3TB drives would give you 18TB of usable space and 6TB of parity
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Based on the Synology RAID calculator you should have 12TB of usable space and 6TB of parity (http://www.synology.com/en-us/support/RAID_calculator) Adding 3 x 3TB drives would give you 18TB of usable space and 6TB of parity
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No. New drives have to be equal to or larger than the largest installed drive.
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http://www.synology.com/en-global/support/RAID_calculatorYour best bet to go look here and see what kind of configs work.
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Hi, This unit only have 1 3.5" HDD bay and it is already used. No more extra bay for expansion.Thanks, PCrush
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I don't think they HAVE to be identical, but I think it is good policy to at least make sure that they are all the same size. The smallest disk in the set will cause the system to ignore any space on other volumes that go beyond that smaller size. To stick a 500GB drive in a box that has three other larger drives should give you a 2 TB box (4 X 500). Seagate might be unhappy about this, but if you stick a WD drive in their box the system should be able to make it go. The drive is compatible with SATA or it isn't, right? Warranty is another matter. That WD drive would almost certainly void your waranty. But if the box is under warranty, they should give you the correct replacement drive,
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I have 5- 3.5" 3TB drives in mine. You could probably use the 5.25" bays to mount up to 2 additional 3.5" drives with some adapters.
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Nope. The HP you are referring to only has 1 2.5 inch bay, so unless you modded that case there no place for another drive. a 1TB drive would double your capacity though. So I'd check that out.
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Has anyone actually successfully converted one of the 5.25 bays to 3.5 for a hard drive? I have 9 hard drives and want to see if this would actually fit them all. Thanks
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Absolutely. I installed a 2TB drive in mine 6 months ago. Works like a charm.
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Not sure, I put a 3tb in mine, but I also have a 4tb external connected to it. I don't see why it wouldn't accept a 4tb drive internally.
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yes you can...i put 3 hd ..2 x 500gb seagate and 1 of 1 tr hitachi and work good.
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Yes. You can eventually fill up to a maximum of 8 drive bays but no more after filling all 8 bays. After that, if you want, you can buy another Synology NAS of equal or larger capacity than the DS1812+ and you can back-up your original eight bay DS1812+ to your new DS1812+ .This is common practice in IT, because even awesome multi-bay servers can FRY just like all other electronic devices.
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This takes 2 external 5.25 drivebays and allows the same space to accept 3 standard sized data HDs. I googled your case and the answer you're looking for is... Probably. Although on mine, I had tough clearance issues with the data cables clearing the power supply.
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I have 3TB and 4TB drives in there. They are just straight pass throughs for the most part, depends more on the BIOS of your motherboard.
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I too have 4 Western Digital Red 3TB drives in mine. No problems. Assuming that your drives are the same physical size as these, you should be OK.
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You can fill as few as 2 slots (using one drive as a redundant drive) and leave the rest open for later use. I initially loaded 6 slots with drives and allowed the NAS to test all 6 drives. I them removed 2 drives and keep them as backups. I now have 4 3TB drives installed and running just fine configured as one volume.
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No doubt. This is my the best buy. If u need more Space i recomend 4-bay with hotswap technology, but if u need át. Least 4tb, this is the model... Goodyear luck
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Yes,I use 3 sans digital 8 bays and added this one to the group and put 3tb drives in it.WORKS GREAT!
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Not sure, I placed 2 2TB drives for a 4TB total and the unit performs fine. Very happy with the unit. Perhaps check the website to see what the approved drives it will accept.