I have 8 6TB drives in my DS1812+, when using the DX513 to expand an existing volume, can I use smaller 4TB drives?
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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.
1632889
I answered yes by accident... You CANNOT use smaller drives for 2 reasons. The first is that you can't add smaller volumes to a RAID array on the device and second, you can't expand an existing volume to the new device, you have to make a new volume.
1864948
Honestly, I only have 2 2TB drives installed and never had any problems since I first bought it! I don't see why it should not support 2 6TB drives! Hope this helps!
1408234
As others have said, it depends on your intended use. The only advantages I can see are simpler management, one extra bay, and the ability to access all the space from one IP address. A new DS414 would give you more processing power but add confusion to management and access. In either case, you can't add any more disks to existing volumes because the 414 is limited to 4 disks in a single volume and can access the DX only as additional volumes or storage.
1031951
As per the website, 2x3 tb can be use. So your 4tb don't look to be compatible.
1896610
If you have the sw for it. I am using 4 different size drives, the largest being 2 tb the smallest being 250 gb. I can access any drive or multiple drives through through the usb port.
928100
I used 4TB Drives from WDC and Seagate, they work fine. I don't know if 5TB drive would work or not.
68974
This unit is hot plugable so you can add additional drives without dropping power. Spanning your data just allows you to "grow" your single drive capacity. If you "lose" one drive you'd need to try and recover your data outside the EX4 unit, copy it to a new drive, then plug in your rebuilt drive.
96970
There is updated firmware to support 3TB drives in each drive bay. But I don't know about 4TB. It might work or need another firmware update.
843172
That's the beauty of the Drobo...you can start with 3 drives then add more later without a problem. The Drobo will resize itself for you. Even better, if you want to replace a drive with a bigger one, you can simply take out the small drive and put in a bigger drive without reformatting. Drobo takes care of everything!
1678778
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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I have 4 x 6TB drives, 4 x 5TB drives driven by this card. There is no issue. I have no clue what post from t4d is about. Don't believe such non-sense. Enterprise networking is my bread and butter.
1032198
I added five drives and I had no problem. I did make sure that the drives I added were the same size as the existing drives in the NAS
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Check the compatability at synolgy.com, there are plenty of 6TB drives on the list. https://www.synology.com/en-us/compatibility/hd/DS713+
2005136
I have run 4TB drives in mine without issue. So up to 32TB for the 8 bay unit.
1400677
I have installed a 3TB drive and it has been working without any issues. I believe that the drive size would be more of a function of the operating system and Device Monitor settings. If you have a drive I would try it but if you want to be safe, I would use a 3TB. This is a link to the Mediasonic product forum http://forum.mediasonic.ca/search.php?sid=1802efeb494c71a15013ae8c81a53b31 The product forum does talk about users installing 4TB drives in their 5 bay version of this enclosure.
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Yes, you can mix different drives up to 4TB in size each for a total of 32TB.
1905073
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.