Expand Synology Volume Size (Without Losing Data)

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Well done Avi! I’ve done a video on this with a 2 bay Synology a few years ago and have gotten many positive comments over the years. I’m sure this 4 bay version will be very helpful to folks out there. Your delivery eases any potential stress users may anticipate. Great job!

[@TechMeOut5]

Thank you so much, Tony. I really do appreciate you watching. Have a great day buddy

[@WunderTechTutorials]

Loved the video, Avi! Get this question all the time and will be pointing people straight to this video! Great work!

[@TechMeOut5]

Thank you so much Frank. I really appreciate that. Have a great day buddy

[@simmycutters3757]

Thanks for the video mate, just upgraded from 4 x 8TB drives to 4 x 12TB drives, which turn up tomorrow. I would recommend (if you haven't done it already) that you explain to people how to "shuck" external drives to internal drives for a NAS, WD Elements drives for example :) people can save money buying the WD Elements drives for NAS purposes, that's what I've done! Well explained video, thank you, I've got low drive space at the moment, so I get a Warning on the Storage Pool due to low available space, but if I follow the steps how you explained I should be fine I think.

[@TechMeOut5]

Glad you liked the video mate and good luck! :-)

[@RobiatulAdawiah-v8l]

My storage pool 1 has 1 drive with 8tb volume. Yesterday i did expand drive and already added new drive 8tb. Now my storage pool 1 has 2 drives, but the volume didin't change. Still has 8tb. i would like to know how to solve this case and and my volume 1 change to 16tb.? thank you so much

[@fdYkn]

Is this possible even if all drives are nearly full? I just bought 224+ with two slots and two 4TB drives. What if both are at lets say are at 90% capacity and i want to replace one with a 8 or 12TB drive?

[@TechMeOut5]

If the you configured raid1 or shr1...then yes

[@fdYkn]

@@TechMeOut5 Thx for the fast answer, still dont understand the logic behind it that its possible to restore data on a new drive even if the data is absent...

[@TechMeOut5]

Its possible only (in your case) if your volume is configured in raid1 or shr1

[@danielmcgowan9534]

Going from 3TB to 4TB doesn't seem like it's worth the risk or the cost per TB gained. A larger jump in size has the same risk and effort but a lower cost per volume and is more future proof.

[@TechMeOut5]

This was mostly for demonstration purposes. Just to clearify the process. The numbers are pretty irrelevant actually

[@danielmcgowan9534]

Agreed, the comment is mostly for others that read the comments to encourage them to "go big".