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goone55

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Hi there,
I want to upgrade my nas currently using Synology DS216+ 4TB WD Red and running out of space.
What would be an upgrade NAS available? do solid-state drive in nas sound better than the 3.5 WD drive?
Thanks in advanced
 
Going to a Synology with larger capacity would let you use the Synology Migration Assistant to move your data over. Personally I'd go for traditional platter-based NAS drives, like the Western Digital Red series, for cost purposes.
 
You may be able to change the HDD to 2 x 8TB without upgrading the NAS hardware.

If you want to upgrade the NAS anyway, check out a fanless NAS such as QNAP HS-453DX.

You might spend the money elsewhere (such as fiber isolation and/or LPS) instead of paying the higher price of SSD.
 
Thank you Peter for your response, looks like I won't gain any performance upgrading to a new NAS. I will take your advice and install a bigger hard drive
Your suggestion with 2 x 8TB set up as RAID?
 
Mirror or not, that's up to you for your needs.

The max capacity is a little confusing. Official Synology web site seems to indicate your NAS with a 64bit CPU can support a volume over 16TB (with a sufficiently recent version of Synology DSM):
DiskStation Manager - Knowledge Base | Synology Inc.

But the original specs of your NAS indicate 8TB x 2 only:
https://global.download.synology.co...6+/enu/Synology_DS216_Plus_Data_Sheet_enu.pdf

I believe, but not 100% sure, larger than 16TB should work and the 2016 spec was outdated.
 
Noop question what is (such as fiber isolation and/or LPS)
 
Projectman, how do you upgrade your NAS to 10TB?
Thanks in advanced
 
Backup your data on the NAS, pull out the old drives, put in the new drives, prepare/format the new drives using Synology utility, and restore your data
 
Thanks, now need to find some space so I can back up the old hard drive to
 
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