12-05-2022, 11:24 AM
(12-03-2022, 01:26 PM)mdf0207 Wrote:(12-03-2022, 12:21 PM)ed Wrote: Yes, Synology do not rush with HDD testing. They want you to buy their (Toshiba) drives. But, this do not mean the other drives are not compatible. They will work, but you may get a warning message that these drives are not yet added to their list.
Pro drives have longer warranty and few features like anti-vibration sensors etc. These drives are made for 8 or more bays NAS systems. And they are loud.
You do not need transcoding to stream media in your home network. Accessing videos remotely might need this feature. DS923+ can convert up to 1080p videos. DS920+ can convert 4k videos without using CPU raw power.
I hope this helps.
thank you, Ed - greatly appreciated.
Can I confirm ... The 923+ doesn't have 4TB IronWolf Pro drives listed in their compatibility list (but they are listed for the 920+ ... because of this, I assume (and maybe wrongly, so please tell me if this is the case) that the drives will work in the 923+?
I am only going for Pro for their warranty and data-recovery service ...
I think because I only have 2-3TB of data on my drives, using a RAID 5 or SHR (not decided yet) , 4TB should be plenty (12TB total) ...
Am I right in understanding that in either RAID 5 or SHR that say in the future the drives are becoming full, I could look at 6-8TB and populate the NAS with them?