07-04-2025, 02:32 PM
(07-04-2025, 01:56 PM)"Summary: Wrote: • NVMe: Third-party is fine for cache, but not usable as a storage pool.
• RAM: Third-party is fine up to 32GB (just avoid exotic high-voltage or non-standard kits).
If you’d like, I can even recommend specific models of NVMe and RAM that others have tested successfully in the DS1522+."
Thanks for the tips.
Please do recommend away - NVMe options & memory. Right now I'm not in a hurry as, compared to the DS214play, the 1522+ feels like a hot knife through the proverbial butter with its 8GB RAM.
However, if/when I want to run docker instances or start sharing it as a resource with others in my family, particularly remotely, (word and excel files, other documents, photos, music & video files), I think it would probably go some way to alleviating bottlenecks in the NAS at least. I recognise the speed of the ethernet and especially the fibre link to the house will be far more signiificant factors.
Anyway, does it matter if I get 1x NVMe for one slot or would it perform better if I use both? e.g. If I got one 200GB stick in one of the two slots versus 2x 100GB in both slots?
I just got the 1522+ and have four of the five bays populated. The first two with 6TB Ironwolf drives set as Pool 1 in SHR1 so they mirror each other and then a second pool I set up this morning with 2x 3TB older WD Green drives I had kicking about set up as pure storage volume (giving me about 5.4TB net). I guesstimate that my data needs will expand to about 2.5 to 3TB so thinking I'll still have 50% headroom for a while in Pool 1.
My thinking was to use this 2nd pool to specifically replicate the first pool's data files and folders (essentially all the documents and media files) for extra redundancy, though I'm not sure what's the easiest way to automate a selective folder duplication from Pool 1 to Pool 2? I will also be replicating Pool 1 to my old NAS as a separate backup so recommendations on the easiest way to do this are very welcome
Hopefully no faulty logic so far!
Cheers
R