Synology Box RAID configuration

[Audioseduction]

Which RAID configuration did you select and why? Going to be setting up my DS1815+ this week using 5 WD 4TB RAID drives.

 

[Steve]

For home use I just pick their native proprietary default raid type, (SHR).

 

[Elberoth]

I went with Raid 5. I was told SHR is a mess to recover, if your NAS dies (not the HDDs, but the NAS itself).

I have four 4TB WD Red HDDs installed.

 

[Steve]

Haven't checked, but does Synology allow you to do an on the fly RAID conversion without data loss?

 

[Audioseduction]

I will be configuring my RAID tomorrow with 5 4TB Reds using SHR. I'm using the RAID box for all of our wedding photo shoot images. Not for music files. We have several years of weddings on many external USB HDs. Getting a bit out of hand.

 

[Audioseduction]

Will so far I added additional 4GB of RAM. Should make it performer faster. I get the Red drives tomorrow.

 

[Dragon_vibe]

Raid 5 Best. Raid 10 if your super paranoid and have enough drive bays to justify it.

 

[woodlander]

Raid 5 Best. Raid 10 if your super paranoid and have enough drive bays to justify it.

This is good advice. RAID 10 is the ultimate if you can live with the amount of space it takes up on the drives.

 

[Audioseduction]

Setup my RAID today using SHR.

 

[Dragon_vibe]

I have 4 Nas server 3 are used for business. All business Nas are running raid 10, each Nas is 8 drive bay. Music server is Raid 5. Later on im going to buy the SSD drive Nas systems which are a lot smaller. This will run mirrored drives. Raid 10 is highly recommended but a lot more expensive to run. My Nas network backs up to one another over night. In case of a fire, I have remote off site data recovery.

SHR is not really recommended. But it's your choice.