Replacing hard drives on a Synology DS1522+

[starwanderer]

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

[ed]

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.

[starwanderer]

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.

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

[maicleusa]

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! Slither io
Best
Manuel

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