02-28-2020, 03:37 PM
I have a Synology DS2413+ with 10 x 6TB WD SMR drives (4.5 yrs old) and 2 x 2TB WD Desktop drives (8.8 yrs old) running RAID in SHR-2. I have slowly been replacing the 2TB drives as I've required more space. I'm currently at 43TB used of 47TB available space so I'm looking at replacing the 2 x 2TB drives.
Note: I understand SMR and CMR drives and the problems with NAS so please ignore for this question.
I would like your opinion on the following solutions:-
Replace the 2 x 2TB drives with 2 x 6TB WD SMR drives to make 60TB, or about 55TB usable. Then add an external 12TB WD MY Book drive and Archive out unused files. This way I can get 72TB of storage for about $900 AUD.
Replace the 2 x 2TB drives with SHUCKED 2 x 6TB MY BOOK drives (with PIN 3 covered or removed). Then add an external 12TB WD MY Book drive and Archive out unused files. This is the cheapest way I can get 72TB of storage. About $780 AUD.
I have also looked at replacing the 2 x 2TB drives with larger CMR drives but will need 4 12TB drives to get to 72TB because of SHR-2. This becomes expensive. 4 x 12TB SHUCKED MY BOOK drives will cost $1,500 AUD. 4 x 12TB WD RED PRO would be $2,500 AUD.
Using external Archive drives seems the way to go but is this a reliable solution?
Note: I understand SMR and CMR drives and the problems with NAS so please ignore for this question.
I would like your opinion on the following solutions:-
Replace the 2 x 2TB drives with 2 x 6TB WD SMR drives to make 60TB, or about 55TB usable. Then add an external 12TB WD MY Book drive and Archive out unused files. This way I can get 72TB of storage for about $900 AUD.
Replace the 2 x 2TB drives with SHUCKED 2 x 6TB MY BOOK drives (with PIN 3 covered or removed). Then add an external 12TB WD MY Book drive and Archive out unused files. This is the cheapest way I can get 72TB of storage. About $780 AUD.
I have also looked at replacing the 2 x 2TB drives with larger CMR drives but will need 4 12TB drives to get to 72TB because of SHR-2. This becomes expensive. 4 x 12TB SHUCKED MY BOOK drives will cost $1,500 AUD. 4 x 12TB WD RED PRO would be $2,500 AUD.
Using external Archive drives seems the way to go but is this a reliable solution?