8 hours ago
It sounds like you're dealing with an unfortunate issue with bay one on your QNAP TS-653D, and I'm sorry to hear about the repeated drive failures.
Here’s what I’d suggest regarding your situation:
Installing drives from your old NAS into a new one: Yes, you can transfer the drives from bays 2 to 5 into a new QNAP NAS. RAID configurations are generally portable between QNAP systems as long as the NAS supports the same RAID type. Once you’ve moved the drives, you should be able to install a new 20TB drive in bay one, and the NAS will attempt to rebuild the RAID.
However, before proceeding, I would highly recommend running a disk check on the drives in bays 2 to 5 to make sure they are not affected by any issues from the faulty bay one. You don’t want to risk data corruption during the rebuild.
Choosing a new NAS: Since you are looking for a new 6 to 8-bay NAS, I'd recommend the QNAP TS-873A or TS-873XU. These offer good expansion options, reliable performance, and are suited for media servers, including 4K streaming. You could also look at the QNAP TS-664, which is a 6-bay model but still provides excellent performance for the price.
Important tips: When rebuilding the RAID after adding the new 20TB drive, make sure you have a backup of your important data just in case something goes wrong during the rebuild. RAID is designed to be fault-tolerant, but it's always safer to have a backup in case of unforeseen issues.
Here’s what I’d suggest regarding your situation:
Installing drives from your old NAS into a new one: Yes, you can transfer the drives from bays 2 to 5 into a new QNAP NAS. RAID configurations are generally portable between QNAP systems as long as the NAS supports the same RAID type. Once you’ve moved the drives, you should be able to install a new 20TB drive in bay one, and the NAS will attempt to rebuild the RAID.
However, before proceeding, I would highly recommend running a disk check on the drives in bays 2 to 5 to make sure they are not affected by any issues from the faulty bay one. You don’t want to risk data corruption during the rebuild.
Choosing a new NAS: Since you are looking for a new 6 to 8-bay NAS, I'd recommend the QNAP TS-873A or TS-873XU. These offer good expansion options, reliable performance, and are suited for media servers, including 4K streaming. You could also look at the QNAP TS-664, which is a 6-bay model but still provides excellent performance for the price.
Important tips: When rebuilding the RAID after adding the new 20TB drive, make sure you have a backup of your important data just in case something goes wrong during the rebuild. RAID is designed to be fault-tolerant, but it's always safer to have a backup in case of unforeseen issues.