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Replacing hard drives on a Synology DS1522+ - starwanderer - 11-16-2024 Hi there! Thanks for your videos and expertise. I bought a Synology NAS DS1522+ and currently have three Hard Drives working on RAID Basic: a 6TB (bay 1), 8TB (bay 2) and 12TB (bay 3), so they are three independent volumes. I'm ripping my CD and blu-ray, 4K collection and I'm running out of space. The thing is I'd like to replace the 8TB disc with a 12TB disc and I'm afraid I'm not sure how to do it. The way I see it: Put the new 12 TB on an empty bay (say bay 4) and transfer all the data from the 8 TB (which is on bay 2) onto the 12 TB, remove the 8TB disc and then place the new 12 TB disc on bay 2 again instead of the 8 TB. Is it the way to do it? I hope it makes sense. English is not my mother tongue. Thanks a lot for your help! Best Manuel RE: Replacing hard drives on a Synology DS1522+ - ed - 11-22-2024 Your approach sounds good! Here’s a quick recap of the steps: Copy all data: Transfer all the data from the 8TB drive (Bay 2) to the new 12TB drive (Bay 4). Delete the volume for the old drive: Once the data is safely copied over, go to Storage Manager and delete the volume for the 8TB drive. Add the new drive: Place the 12TB drive into Bay 2, then create a new volume for it in Storage Manager. RE: Replacing hard drives on a Synology DS1522+ - starwanderer - 11-22-2024 (11-22-2024, 03:48 PM)ed Wrote: Your approach sounds good! Here’s a quick recap of the steps: Thanks a lot for your help. However, if I place the 12TB drive 2 into Bay 2 with all the data from the 8TB drive and create a new volume, will I keep the data or else Synology will ask me to erase all data on the drive in order to create a new volume? Thanks RE: Replacing hard drives on a Synology DS1522+ - maicleusa - 12-06-2024 (11-16-2024, 11:23 PM)starwanderer Wrote: Hi there! After you use it, you can give comments about the product and give advice to everyone. RE: Replacing hard drives on a Synology DS1522+ - kanetracyy - 01-22-2025 (11-16-2024, 11:23 PM)starwanderer Wrote: Hi there! Greatly appreciate your assistance. Will I be able to save the data if I merge the 8TB drive's contents with the 12TB disk in Bay 2 and create a new volume, or will Synology require me to delete all data from the drive? |