![]() ![]() There is also a debatable stance that it's actually better to buy disks from different manufacturers for a RAID array to be safer. I was worried that the two identical Seagate disks were from the same batch and if one began failing so soon, it could be possible the other disk from the same batch could be on the way out too. hinting at just any drives you had lying around) is that the drives used for your storage volume don't all have to be identical. One of the benefits of Synology SHR (well frankly, RAID itself was made for this and the original acronym stood for redundant array of inexpensive disks. I decided to play it safe and replace it with a 12TB Western Digital Red drive (though Seagate warranty did send a replacement drive that I will keep as a spare). I know these things happen from time to time, but a failing driving within a year was a bit scary. Update (Aug 1, 2019): My Seagate drives were significantly less than a year old before one disk began failing and the Synology DSM software alerted me to replace the drive. ![]() This model has a very easy to access RAM slot - no disassembling the NAS like I had to do with the DS415+. ![]() I also added an 8GB stick of RAM (for a total of 10GB). I got two 12TB Seagate IronWolf drives for this (though they do make more expensive 14TB models at this time). 2-bay, dual-core 2GHz, upgraded to 10GB RAMĬombined with the advancement of hard drive storage density over the years I was able to create a larger effective storage array with only 2 mirrored disks. ![]()
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