Expanding Synology
Expanding Synology
Hey folks, happy Thanksgiving to those celebrating today!
I have a Synology DS1821+ that I have completely filled. I'm looking for expanding, but I don't really want to completely replace the Synology yet.
Does anyone know if there is a way to expand the number of drives? I've heard murmers that I can use a DAS, but nothing for sure. Wondering if anyone has attempted this before. Thanks!
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What everybody else said plus
https://www.synology.com/en-global/dsm/feature/migration
Synology will migrate all of your data from one device to another if you just want to get a completely new device.
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Well, it's in my back pocket if it comes to that...
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Literally on the product page, first result when I googled the model number:
DS1821+ comes equipped with 8 bays and can scale up to 18 bays with 2 DX517 expansion units as your data needs grow.
https://www.synology.com/en-us/products/DS1821+
Honest question: did you do any investigation on your own, or post here first?
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Hey, thanks for the mean answer.
Yes. I had seen that, I saw the price too. I saw on Reddit that people had had luck using QNAP expansions, or just anything that supports JBOD. I thought I'd ask here because people are usually nice and may have creative ideas. Note other people here giving answers that don't have the attitude.
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Upgrading by replacing your drives one at a time will likely get you where you want to go. When I upgraded my 6Tb drives in my 920+ to 12Tb drives it took about a week.
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Yeah, I wanted to and tbh that was my first approach, but I'm already at 16TB drives in there, even if I shell out a ton of money for 24TB drives I'd only add 33% more storage, so I think I have to look at either a bigger box or some sort of expansion.
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This is the answer. Just buy bigger drives, and replace them one at a time and let them resize.
Anyone saying to buy expansion units is wrong. It works like ZFS or btrfs, and very seamlessly. I've upgraded my drives 4 times with zero issues.
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There are expansions for Synology: https://www.synology.com/en-us/products/accessories?tab=nas&category=expansion_units
Probably most important is the 5-drive DX517 that will definitely work with your 1821+ https://www.synology.com/en-us/products/DX517#specs
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Thanks, I saw some of those, the prices seem... extreme for what is essentially a JBOD enclosure. It's definitely there as a backup, but I'm hoping for something that won't be that much.... but maybe I'm dreaming
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You can use an expansion unit DX517 to add more dives or upgrade existing to larger ones if you use some form of Raid/SHR.
The swap-drive-and-rebuild-array route can take it's sweet time.
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I think you'd just have to buy another Synology with more bays.