Do i need to buy the expansions to add more drive space or can I just drop in new HHD, say like 4tb
1812321
There is space for only 2 HDD's in this unit. If both slots are used, then you would need to add larger drives. If you have (2) 1TB drives mirrored and needed more space, you could remove one 1TB drive, add a 4TB drive, rebuild the mirror, then removed the second 1TB drive and add a second 4TB drive then rebuild. This would keep the data online while you upgrade. After the HDD swapping and rebuilding, the new 6TB of space (3TB from each disk) could be made into another volume (mirrored or striped). Adding drive by the USB port is good for backing up your data to an external device, but I haven't tried to use a USB attached device to share data as it it's part of the NAS unit.
1632888
If you're using RAID or the Synology Hybrid Raid (SHR) for fault protection or performance, then no--the drives you add to extend an existing volume must be the same size as the ones already part of that volume. You can add 4TB drives either to the 1812+ or the DX513, however, and use them to create a new volume.
1905075
the beauty of ds 1813+ is you don't need to fill all the slots. What I did was bought 5 hdd, use them for a year then bought additional 3 hdds to fill up the slots.
843170
You can start with two drives and expand it as you get more drives. Furthermore if all bays are full then you can replace older smaller drives with bigger newer drives without losing any data.
1233654
All of the disk drives are combined into one logical drive. This means that you would loose the data on your existing drives.As a side note, this unit is very fast. I have had mine about a year with no problems (Windows 7 x64).
1853493
I would recommend having at least 1 gigabyte or less for game saves, if you want to install it you need at least 10 gigabytes of storage.
1157954
Depends. You can replace the Hdd, with a ssd, or you can add up to two msata drives and leave the Hdd. I replaced the Hdd with a ssd, and added a msata drive.
1378618
Hi, I put a Hard drive in after I bought it, I think it will take up to 2tb hard drives/
195814
Yes there is plenty of space for an additional drive. As long as the Solid State Drive is SATA you should be fine.
150377
You can get them in a 500GB, 1 or 2TB version along with a version that comes with no drive so you can put in your own 2.5 inch drive.
150376
The 2TB version should include a 2TB 2.5" HDD inside. As you've seen, there are other versions that have a 1TB drive, or a 500 MB drive. This is "user serviceable" so you can switch it out with a different 2TB 2.5" HDD.
1822531
The unit I purchased came with a 500GB HDD. I don't know if it's offered with other options.
1512692
if you dont want to invest much with SSD and want more space, you can buy seagate 2.5 in SSHD here: http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Solid-Hybrid-2-5-Inch-ST1000LM014/dp/B00B99JUBQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1386149777&sr=8-1&keywords=2.5+sshd
493941
The short answer is yes. The ran can be upgraded to 16gb (2x8) but comes with 4gb (1x4). So from a cost vs benefit perspective I would only add one stick. The hdd could be upgraded through replacement. The system only has one bay available internally. You could easily add an external hdd for additional storage.
192215
I believe by default they come in a RAID 1, which would give you 2TB of total storage. If you set it to RAID0, you'll get use of all 4TB (probably 3.6 or so useable) but you will not have redundancy.
399559
Yes. I currently am using 2 HDD's for total redundancy of my data so 2 4tb drives only provide 4tb of data storage. I am using a 3rd 4tb HDD to automatically backup the data. In the future if I add 2 more 4tb drives I could double the capacity of both the online storage and backup capacity.
1476794
yes you can, and as you add it will expand the RAID. Check out the Thecus forum or tech support their is a lot of answers there.