Synology 2 Bay Hard Drive Upgrade

In this video, Synology 2 Bay Hard Drive Upgrade, I upgrade my two 4TB Western Digital NAS drives to two 10TB Seagate Iron Wolf NAS drives.
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[@Hmax351]

I watched some videos on the topic and yours is the most straightforward. Thanks!

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Thanks Max351. Much appreciated!

[@TomGryn]

2024- Just used it on my DS224+ and very glad to have found this video. Thanks!

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Thanks for watching Tom. Glad you found the video to help helpful. Have a great day!

[@needledive]

Awesome video. Worked exactly like this with my DS218, except a few visual differences due to DSM being updated since the video was made. Thanks so much, it makes it so much easier to have a visual guide!

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Thanks so much for watching. As a visual learner myself, I agree. It is much easier to follow a video guide. Glad you found the video helpful. Have a great day.

[@Kobolobob]

Cheers for this easy to follow video, I'm in the middle of the process myself having replaced the first drive and waiting for the repair to finish. I wanted to check ahead on how it would look like when you do disk 2, like if there were any additional steps or anything that I've missed but it seemed super simple! Cheers again!

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Thanks so much for watching. Glad you’re having success with the upgrade. Yes, Synology makes it super simple. Have a great day.

[@williamkarstens]

Thank you for this video - getting ready to upgrade mine from 4TB to 12TB!

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Thanks for watching. Let men know how the upgrade goes.

[@adrianlskaar7065]

Clear and understandable tutorial, I can tell you've been an educator 😊 I've recently bought Synology 2-bay NAS for my home storage with 4tb SHR, but I will likely upgrade the storage later. This helps to know it's not a lot of work and can be done over 1-2 days. Following!

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Thank you! I appreciate your words. Thanks for watching and subbing!

[@webmail4]

I just came across your video here, I really wanted to comment and say a job well done. Your information was right to the point without a lot of other distractions, very much appreciated “just the facts ma’am” approach. Thanks.

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Hi Rick! Thanks for commenting. Glad you found the video helpful. Have a great day!

[@webmail4]

@@QuikTechSolutions I actually just started upgrading the hard drives in my 2 bay Synology NAS. Drive number one is in the repairing process as we speak. Your video gave me the confidence I was looking for so I did not run into any discrepancies. Thanks again and have a great weekend.

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Just be patient the repair takes time.

[@laffy4k]

Thank you for this video; very helpful as I was going through this same process with my DS720+. I successfully upgraded from a 4 TB RAID to a 14 TB RAID.

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Thanks for watching!

[@derbyshirebirdwatcher6054]

A helpful video, thanks. As an aside, if you retain your old drives for a while then you effectively have the secure backup you need.

[@mickywoods]

Thank you - really clear and well delivered - I have just bought my first NAS - Synology DS220+ with 2 x 4tb Ironwolf drives - it's good to know that I can upgrade to bigger capacity when needed 😀

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Thanks for watching Mick. Glad you enjoyed the video. Have a great day.

[@m4cdemos]

Great, thank you - clear and zero annoyance factor, always a bonus!

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Thank you so much for watching! I’m glad the content was helpful. Have a great day.

[@steveashe1]

Really helpful for me. Looks like a piece of cake to put in larger drives on a Synology 720+. Thanks very much for the excellent no nonsense video.

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Hi Steve, glad you found the video helpful. Have a great day.

[@user-qm7xn4zg7v]

Simple and easy to understand, just what I was looking for. Thank you!

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Thanks for watching and commenting. Glad the content in this video was helpful. Have a great day!

[@JimLambier]

I'm in the process of upgrading my DS211j an have completed the first drive. I just started the second drive and was concerned that the total storage space wasn't showing an increase. After watching your video, I can see that I just need to be patient. My first drive took over a day to resync and I really didn't want to have to waste all that time. Thanks for helping put my mind at ease.

[@QuikTechSolutions]

You’re very welcome! Glad the video helped ease your mind. It does take a long time for the volume to rebuild. Please subscribe, share, and give the video a like 👍. Have a great day!

[@tonysicily2687]

A stunning upload, clean simple and easily understood. Thank you

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Thanks Tony. Glad you liked the video and found it helpful! Have a great day.

[@balrajvishnu]

Thanks much, This is the best video in youtube on explaining how to replace the HDD. I was able to follow this and successfully got my HDD upgraded.

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Hi Vishnu! Thanks for watching. Glad the video was helpful to you. Please subscribe to the channel for more content. Have a great day.

[@MouleMcCreath]

Thank you. So clear & concise. I have a DS218j (well actually 3 of them!) running from a Mac. I presume the process is similar so will give it a go. I think the only thing I need to check is if I can swap drives whilst 'live'. Thanks for the video. Great work!

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Hi Fraser! Thanks for watching!

[@N-ji9ln]

Hi Tony, thank you for making this video it was an excellent tutorial and refence for me when I swapped my 4TB drives for 6TB dives in a DS218+

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Awesome! Glad to hear the video was helpful to you. Have a great day!

[@sbgsi]

Yep, very easy to follow video, I'm gonna do a upgrade next week on a client's dual bay DS218Play and comparing the instructions on Synology site to your video, I'm much more at rest now, reading the instructions only confused me. Great job on explaining all the steps! Thanks and greetings from Portugal!

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Hello Portugal! Thanks for watching. Glad you found the information helpful. Good luck with your upgrade. Have a great day.

[@berthiaumej]

I am very curious as to how you made out with upgrading your client's DS218play as I have the same configuration. I'm a little nervous about the hot swap. 🙂

[@ghosttownhunts]

Hello Brian, my name is Dean. I have watched many videos on Synology SHR drive replacements and yours is the best!

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Hello! I wanna say thanks but I’m not sure if you commented on the correct creator lol. My name is Tony not Brian. 😉

[@ghosttownhunts]

@@QuikTechSolutions I need to read slower I thought your name was Brian but it’s Tony! 👍 good to meet you 👏🏼😊

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Good to meet you as well. Thx for watching. Please subscribe, share, and give the video a like 👍. Have a great day!

[@spartan3070]

As always a great video tutorial Thanks, Tony!!!

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Thank you my friend! Please give the vid a Like. Thanks again for tuning in.

[@phill.4181]

Thanks, Tony. Lots of other web sites (including Synology) pointed towards using Synology's Migration Assistant (MA) for data migration. I guess I'd forgotten that one of the benefits of RAID was the ability to hot-swap drives, because I was just about to pull the trigger on MA when I found this video. This is soooooo much easier and reassuring. Upgraded 2x4TB to 2x8TB in my DS224+. The first drive took about 3 hrs 50 minutes to build. The 2nd drive took about 3.5 hrs. All my apps, containers, data, etc. are intact.

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Hi Phil, thanks for commenting. I’m so glad the video helped you out. Have a great day!

[@ChrisGill]

This is exactly what I needed! Thanks for the video! Very helpful!

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Hi Chris, thanks for tuning in and commenting. Glad you found the video helpful. Please, subscribe, share, and give the video a like 👍. Have a great day.

[@Wiscotac]

Well produced. Thank you.

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Thanks for watching and commenting. Have a great day.

[@UniversalAdjuster]

The style is very reassuring.

[@urppii]

Thank you very much for this easy to follow instruction. I'm about to do the same with my Synology DS716+ II.

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Thanks for watching. Glad you found the video useful. Good luck with the DS716 upgrade. Have a great day.

[@topcathunter]

Cheers Tony, simple and to the point.

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Thanks Jonathan! Glad you enjoyed the video. Please subscribe, share, and give the video a like 👍. Have a great day!

[@baldeagle242]

Great video! You make it look so simple. I'll be doing this over the weekend on my DS716+ 😁👍

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Thanks for watching. Good luck with your DS716+.

[@baldeagle242]

@@QuikTechSolutions Thank you.

[@5Travelers]

Thanks so much, super helpful video :) besides the locations of the action buttons that changed due to newer DSM all worked perfectly. you are great sir!

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Thanks so much for watching. Glad you were able to accomplish the task at hand.

[@thomasgalliker]

It worked exactly as you described. Thanks.

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Hey Thomas, thanks for watching. Glad the video was helpful. Have a great day!

[@Cerberuselite]

Great video thank you, just about to start this process myself on the weekend with a DS224+

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Thank you for watching. Good luck with your weekend project!

[@jayvadgama5663]

Very useful video. Thank you. I can now change disks on my Synology DS214.

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Hi Jay, thanks for watching. Glad you found the information helpful. Good luck with your drive change. Have a great day!

[@JoeyBonzo]

Thank you for this video! Followed your steps exactly with my DS22J and was able to install two 20TB HDD's (Seagate IronWolf Pro) with zero issue so far. 20TB HDD's are not officially supported by Synology from my understanding, so I have no idea if this will mess up down the line or if a future update will make them officially compatible. THAT BEING SAID, Synology does claim that the DS22J (and many other devices) is capable of a maximum single volume size of 108TB This was the time it took for each of the 20TB HDD's to format. 4:30 PM to 10:51 PM for my first drive (6 hours, 1 minutes) 10:44 PM to 3:33 AM for my second drive (4 hours, 49 minutes) Neither of these compared to the amount of time that it took to expand the drive for the additional storage space available. 20% is what the expansion started at (I would assume to account for the previous 4TB's I had) and after an hour was only at ~23%. The larger you're increasing your HDD space to seems to play a proportionate role in the length of this process.

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Thank you so much for sharing. Glad it all worked out out for you. Have a great day.

[@allenbuyck7957]

Outstanding videos and content. My go to channel for knowledge of my two Synology NAS’s.

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Thanks for watching. Glad the info helped. Appreciate the kind words. Have a great day.

[@versatile5925]

Thank you, this helped me as a new ds220+ user

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Hello Versatile! Thanks for watching and commenting. Have a great night.

[@mrbrewrites]

Thanks a lot! Worked perfectly.

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Awesome! Thanks for watching mrbrewrites! Have a great day!

[@michaelgnaedinger4637]

Thank you Tony, that helped me a lot!

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Thanks for watching Michael.

[@marcorastrelli3384]

Thanks! Super quick guide to change HD!

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Thanks so much! Please subscribe to the channel. Have a great day!

[@marcorastrelli3384]

@@QuikTechSolutions Done!

[@jbehuniakjr]

Very clear information. Thank you for this

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Hi James, thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.

[@kinaost]

Great guide! Thanks 🙏

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Thank you for watching and commenting. Glad you found the video helpful.

[@koolenboer]

Big thumbs up. Doing a hot swap upgrade on my ds224+ right now. Swapping the 4TB disks for 8tb disks. It’s always a exciting process let’s hope everything is gonna turn out fine.

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Thanks for watching. The DS224+ does support hot swapping so all should go well. Good luck and keep me posted.

[@koolenboer]

Expectations is that disk 1 is gonna take 4 days to complete 😳

[@QuikTechSolutions]

@koolenboer seems excessive but then again I don’t think my 4TB drives were half full when I swapped them.

[@koolenboer]

@@QuikTechSolutions Just swapped my second drive. Hope after the repair I will end up with a 8tb storage pool (little bit less)

[@QuikTechSolutions]

That should update automatically once the 2nd drive is done with the rebuild.

[@m9mike9]

Thank you for this video. Great work!

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Thanks so much for commenting! Glad you found the video helpful. Have a great day!

[@tigransharyan1043]

Thank you for information.

[@QuikTechSolutions]

You’re welcome and thanks for watching. About to perform this upgrade procedure for a client on a DS718+.

[@ankitwadhwa89]

Exactly what I was looking for.

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Hello Ankit! Thanks for watching. Glad the video was helpful. Have a great day!

[@johnsonhernandez]

Great video, thank you for sharing

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Thx Johnson. Glad you found the video helpful. Please subscribe, share, and give the video a like 👍. Have a great day!

[@benrazg]

gotta love synology!

[@Watto-lp8lr]

This is a great video many thanks. As a newbie to the whole NAS game I got a Synology DS220+ with 2 x 4TB drives. I'm loving Plex and ripping my film library that i'm eating my way through the drive capacity a lot quicker than I wanted, so already I'm thinking about the future and increasing my capacity. I was hoping there was a way you could do something just like what you showed in this video to easily upgrade the storage. Happy days. Just need to get approval from the Mrs which will be the hardest thing! :)

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Hi Nigel, thanks for watching. The process should be identical. The DS220+ is just a newer version of the DS216+. Glad you are enjoying your NAS! Have a great day!

[@Watto-lp8lr]

@@QuikTechSolutions many thanks. Yea loving it. It handles everything I throw at it so I've been increasing the quality and sound on my rips, so with HDR and good surround sound the files are loads bigger but well worth it. Cheers. Enjoy your day.

[@iamhoangnam5]

Thank you

[@QuikTechSolutions]

You’re welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@pctechjustin]

Awesome video!

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Thank you Justin! Thanks for tuning and taking the time to comment. Please subscribe to the channel and give the video a like. Have a great day.

[@arisskarpetis]

Thanks for that!

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Thanks for watching.

[@DomowkaOnline]

Thx !

[@lucaviggiani2189]

Thanks Tony. I'm doing almost the exact same thing for a customer on a DS218 in the next few days. Two WD Reds 4TB, swapping for two Seagate 8TB. Presumably, replacing one of the drives with the power off achieves the same thing and you get the degradation beep and messages, followed by the ability to repair on the newer drive? The Synolohy I'm dealing with is in an awkward position and I would have to remove it from a network cabinet to get the drives out. This was really useful and you have a new subscriber.

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Thanks for watching and subbing. Good luck with the upgrade.

[@thescinema]

Great explanation & demonstration. But... the beeping :D

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Thanks for watching. The beeping is part of the process. I try to keep it as real as possible.

[@Liljaxx]

great stuff. thanks :-)

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Thank you for watching. Have a great day!

[@UnkyjoesPlayhouse]

another excellent video :)

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Appreciate that my friend!

[@bradleystevens9833]

Very Nice!

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Hello Bradley! Thanks for watching. Have a great day!

[@chizInPhoenix]

Excellent video! Thanks for posting! I have a question though. It was not clear whether the existing data was automatically copied to the 1st drive when you first inserted the new drive and have it repaired. Not sure if I missed that part but when you mentioned to make sure I have backup of the data, I assume I need to copy my data first to an external drive and copy it back once I installed the new bigger drives? I'm confused.

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Hi Chiz, thanks for watching & commenting. Sorry my video left you confused. So as a best practice you should always have at least one backup copy of your data, if not two. When the new drive is inserted the repair process rebuilds the RAID, hence restoring the data to the drive. The reason to have a backup of your data is in the rare event the repair process fails. Hope this makes sense.

[@mpmarvin999]

Aside from the model number (DS220+) your situation was exactly like mine. 46% used, 4tb to 10tb. I went with Toshibas (black friday/cyber monday sales) My estimated time is 5 hrs though. We'll see how true that is. Hopefully it's true so I can kick off the second drive tonight before I go to bed. Nice video. I'm getting that old tech days feel like when I was out in the field, not exactly because I can tell myself "Go screw yourself". Wait I used to do that anyway. LOL

[@mpmarvin999]

It finished quicker than the 5 hour report. Now for drive 2

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Sounds like it’s going smoothly. Keep me posted!

[@mpmarvin999]

@@QuikTechSolutions The second drive reported longer than the first but actually finished a little sooner than the first but the expansion is taking forever. I'm projecting it'll probably be around 12 hours before it's done.

[@dreparker3857]

This is SUCH a great video, thank you so much! One question: How does one wipe the drives they are no longer using (in your example, the 4TB ones)?

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Hello Dre! Thanks for watching. I put the drives in an external drive bay that connects to my computer via USB. Once connected, I format the drive using Disk Utility on a Mac. I believe there is a Windows formatting tool, or you can use a 3rd party formatting utility. Have a great day.

[@Corihogg]

Thank you for posting this, as I just walked through this process and the second drive is running - Question - what is the best use of the smaller TB drives after you upgrade to larger ones? I feel like I could use them somehow, but need a way to connect them, any suggestions?

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Glad it helped. You can pretty much format these drives and use them in a computer. Or, if you get a second NAS, use them in the second NAS as a backup NAS. Have a great day.

[@UniversalAdjuster]

Any chance of a video on setting up Synology business backup when using synchronised drives and cloud backup? I would also like to know how to test it is working.

[@mrkenny83]

Thank you so much for this simple video. It makes it seem really straight forward and easy. I'm about to attempt this.... swapping out two 4TB hard drives for two 12TB drives. I just have one question and I can't seem to find the answer. Does the Synology still work while this is happening? ie - Can I continue to watch plex while my hard drive is being repaired?

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Hi Kenny, thanks for watching. Glad you found the video helpful. Technically, you can still use your NAS during the rebuild process. However, you should keep the usage to a minimum.

[@TheUTubeTeamSucks]

I have a DS220+ which has two 4tb drives which I want to upgrade to 8tb - this vid was a great help, but i have a further question ... my 4tb drive is divided into 3 volumes of varying size, so when i upgrade the drive to 8tb, how will it handle the allocation? I want to keep the three volumes but increase 2 by varying amounts and whats left over to be volume 3. I'm assuming i'll get options to expand the volumes during the process?

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Thanks for watching. Hopefully, this support doc will help. kb.synology.com/en-global/DSM/help/DSM/StorageManager/storage_pool_expand_replace_disk?version=7

[@tc3606]

Great video. Thanks for sharing. I am just in the process of researching for my NAS upgrade. Like you from (WD Red) 4TB to 10TB. So, for your upgrade, it's been 2 years now. How is your experience so far with the Seagate Iron Wolf drives?

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Thanks for watching! To answer your question two years later, it has been perfect!

[@chelsear2819]

Awesome video - I need to do this. Unfortunately as of yesterday and I cannot access my NAS via quick connect. I can see it as a drive on my computer but keep getting an error when on the app or quick connect. 😭 It has worked perfect for a year, I don't know what's going on.

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Can you access the NAS using it’s IP address?

[@andreavocino]

Excellent video. What did you do with the old HD? There is a way to reformat them with synology ??

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Thanks Andrea! If I recall, they sat on a shelf for months. I eventually repurposed them.

[@alphaomega5017]

On the new DSM the options have been moved or removed . Can you do a video on the latest DSM on replacing the drive with higher capacity. I am currently using DS1522+ 5 bay .

[@leogaming83]

Thanks im doing the same switching to wd reds to iron wolf drives but are iron wolf drives better ?

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Thanks for watching. WD Red are great drives. I switched to Iron Wolf several years ago after the debacle with WD CMR vs SMR drives. The Seagate drives are solid.

[@filhodosapo7794]

Tony, I have a two bay’s NAS with 2 smeller HDD. wondering if is possible to take out both HDD and replacing them with only 1 hdd with bigger capacity. Thanks

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Hi Filho, thanks for watching. You certainly can do what you are asking. The problem with doing this is you only have one drive with no failover. In a two drive system in a Raid 1 or SHR format, the drives are mirrored so if something should happen to either of the drives you wouldn’t lose any data. You would simply replace the bad drive. The NAS will rebuild the array, nothing lost. In the scenario you present, if something happens to the one drive, everything lost. Hope this makes sense. Have a great day.

[@shadow8637]

thanks for the video, what if i have two 1TB ssds with RAID0? if i remove one it should have half the data or if i want to replace one of them to 8 TB HDD?

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Thanks for watching. Do not apply this technique with RAID0. I suggest you backup all your data using Hyper Backup. Then install the news drives, DSM and consider using SHR or RAID1. Followed by a Hyper Backup restore of your data.

[@skystink]

Great explanation Mr. T. I like your videos and will keep staying on your channel (subscription +1)

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Hello skystink! Thanks for watching and subbing. Have a great day!

[@giuseppebriotti5915]

Really interesting. Just few questions: this approach works for RAID1 with 2 bay Synology? You didn't disconnected from the pool the hdd to be replaced but just performed directly an hot swap. The disconnection is thus not required at all? Thanks in advance

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Thanks for watching. All depends on your model. Check Synology’s website to be sure.

[@joemartello9932]

Great video, very helpful. I'm just about to do the same but my current storage is 95% full, so doubling the drive size. Will it still transfer with such little capacity on the existing drive? Also, Synology drive has stopped syncing due to the full drive, should this revert once the drives have spare capacity? Many thanks

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Hi Joe. Thanks for commenting and tuning. I’m not fulling getting your first question. As far as the second, if in fact that is the reason, then Drive syncing should resume. Have a great day.

[@joemartello9932]

@@QuikTechSolutions Appreciated.

[@TuffyDK]

Very good video. Thanks :-) (Y)

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Thx TuffyDK!

[@biaoxiong9127]

Hi, great video, just a small question: you have two 10TB hard drives, and RAID is SHR. The total capacity of the volume should be 10+10, but why it's still showing 10(8.73) GB? At least it should be more than 10TB.

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Thanks for watching. So there is alway some overhead to account for. In a 2 bay system with SHR, two 10 TB drives only give you 10TB of storage cause the drives are in mirrored configuration. Take into consideration the overhead and you have the 8.7.

[@johnstouchpad6437]

Did you have to expand the volume after the 2nd repair was complete or did it do that automatically?

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Great question! Thank you for commenting. I did not have to manually expand the volume, it happened automatically after the repair of the second Drive completed. Have a great day and thanks for tuning in! If you liked the video please hit that like button.

[@jefazo]

have 2 bay nas, I installed 8tb hdd and created a shr, then I wanted to expand the storage to 16tb adding a second 8tb hdd but what happend is that the nas used the secnd 8tb hdd for data protection, of course this is good to keep protected my data but I´m still running out of memory 😅. To expand the storage what should I do? Create a raid 0 with those 2 8tb hdds?

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Hi, thanks for watching. I would not recommend Raid 0. Even though you get the larger capacity, if one drive fails you’ve lost all your data. If you want to expand your capacity, the only option is to install larger drives. Have a great day.

[@sasomaros]

Hi there, thanks for your great video..one q.. can I do the same when I am on RAID1 ?

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Thanks for watching. According to Synology help doc, yes you can. Here the link to the article. Be sure to backup as a best practice before proceeding. kb.synology.com/en-ca/DSM/help/DSM/StorageManager/storage_pool_expand_replace_disk?version=7

[@sasomaros]

Thanks a lot for your fast and helpful reaction !👍

[@LaHellya]

I have a DS218+ and replaced an 8TB with a 14TB that I schucked from a WD Easy Store. But I got a warning that it is not on the Synology compatability list. Hoping that does not cause any issues. I know everyone shucks these WD East Stores.

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Hi and thanks for watching. Lots of people shuck drives, however, you really should use WD Red drives for keeping up with the constant read/write demand. That said, regarding the warning, that comes up even if WD Red drives or Seagate Ironwolf NAS drives are used. Synology would like to see everyone use their own branded HDDs.

[@randaelektronik1451]

Hello Mr. Tony. I'm Oguzhan. Thank you very much for the video. I have a question. Why did you first remove the 1st 4 tb disk and insert the 10 tb disk? Why didn't you remove the 2nd 4tb disk and insert the 10tb disk first? Is there a sequence to this? I want to change my 2nd disk first on my DS2020 device. Is it a problem ?

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Hi Randa, knowing my plan was to replace both drives, it made sense to do it in sequential order.

[@papapatufoable]

Hi! Great video! I'm running the same NAS as you, only with greater volume drives. I started with 1x16TB and 1x8TB drives; the latter of which I'm about to upgrade to 18TB. My concern is I'm running the drives as JBOD (vs RAID). Do you by any chance know if I could follow your steps to swap the 8TB for the 18TB, connect the 8TB to the NAS via an external adapter, copy back in the data, and then rebuild the configuration? I suspect this may not work and I'll have to recreate the entire thing off a backup I have on some external drives but I dread loosing all the PLEX data that has been incorporated only on the NAS. I've searched the googles but come up empty handed on this one thus far...

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Hello Brad! Thanks for watching. Unfortunately using a JBOD setup you cannot swap drives. Your option is to backup and start over. And, if you go this route, use SHR or RAID.

[@papapatufoable]

@@QuikTechSolutions Thank you. I was afraid that would be the case but that's the downside of JBOD. Appreciate the reply!

[@teng9036]

Is the raid must be SHR? Can the RAID 1 configuration support the same by replace HDD 1 after the other one to increase the storage?

[@QuikTechSolutions]

SHR supports hot swapping drives. Traditional RAID does not. Thanks for watching.

[@UCMF4SIJqf75d5wWKVzbTtDg]

Nice video, but I would like to replace smaller drive for bigger one - so once "repair" complete I would like to totally remove smaller drive, is it possible? Will then storage pool total capacity increse? Will DSM let me remove smaller drive and forgot about it? I know I will not have RAID, but I do this cheap way, I will buy second big drive in the future.

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Hello Bartosz, thanks for tuning in and commenting. Let me make sure I understand your question. So you have a 2 bay NAS with only one small drive in it and you want to put a larger drive in to replace the small drive. Is this correct?

[@dhami1222]

@@QuikTechSolutions I'm sailing in the same boat, I just upgraded my DS220J after watching this video. In past I had 2TB drive in 1 bay & 2nd bay being vacant, inserted a 6TB drive to 2nd slot & completed rebuilding process. Now as I removed the 2TB drive the system went into degraded mode. I want to keep just 1 6TB drive & upgrade my storage pool to 6TB & keep second slot vacant, which I'll be adding 6TB drive later. Please advice!

[@brotha1984]

Can you hot swap without any issues with it being on raid 1 or does it have to be hybrid to hot swap I have the ds720 model im looking to upgrade my 8tb to a 16tb

[@QuikTechSolutions]

As long as the Synology supports hot swapping you should be fine. As always, make a back up before proceeding.

[@n1kkri]

Would these instructions work for a DS211j ? Do I have to hot swap the drive or can I replace the upgraded higher capacity drive from a power down condition.

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Thanks fir watching. The DS211j, according to Synology forums, does not support hot swapping.

[@n1kkri]

@@QuikTechSolutions Thanks, I have a couple 2TB drives giving me a total of 2TB so I should be safe if one of them crap out. I have had this config close to 10 years running 24/7. Pretty amazing. I was thinking about swapping them for 4TB drives. The only thing I don't like about my DS211j is its very slow. Before I buy something new I would like to see how much faster they are. Thanks again

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Hi Ken, sounds like you have a Raid 1 mirror setup. In this case you are safe in the event one of the drives crap out. Upgrading to 4TB drives will not speed up your DS211j. The unit is limited by its architecture. Being 12 years ild, I would recommend buying a current model. Also, consider backing up your NAS data to an external deice or cloud backup solution.

[@n1kkri]

@@QuikTechSolutions Yes I realize upgrading to 4TB won't speed things up and I would like to go with SSD which probably would make things faster but the 24/7 beating the SSD would take might kill it. I was just making the comment about the 211j being so slow. I have copied everything on the 211j to a 3TB drive in my my Tower computer so I won't lose anything. It would be simple just to copy everything back if I did lose it all on the 211j.

[@brianwalsh1844]

I have a customer with a 2 bay running 2 6Tb drives and I want to move him to a 5 bay Synology bringing his 2 existing drives and adding a further 3 6Tb drives - not sure if I can extend the storage pool across the 5 drives or if it will create 2 separate pools - any thoughts?

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Hi Brian, I'm attaching a help doc from Synology detailing the process of migrating HDDs from two different model NAS. Be sure to follow all these steps. Pertaining to your question on the Volume, if you are using SHR you should be able to add the additional drives after the migration to the one volume. Have a great day! tinyurl.com/y22w8nna

[@siamesino]

Good evening, thanks for the wonderful video without which I would never have allowed myself to try to upgrade my synology 215j from 3 to 6 tb. A question. If for any reason I want to go back to installing the previous 2 identical 3 tb disks without having touched anything in the data, can I do it?

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Hi Lucas, thanks for watching. Glad you were able follow the video successfully. Don’t think you can go backwards. Drives have to be equal to or greater the drives being replaced.

[@siamesino]

@@QuikTechSolutions Thanks for the quick response. I supposed. Congratulations again for the video. Good evening and Happy Easter

[@siamesino]

Excuse one more question since you are so specialized while I am a neophyte ... If I buy a second Nas Synology can I use the two disks that I have changed now on the nas without deleting anything so as to keep the data? Thanks again. Have a good evening

[@QuikTechSolutions]

As long as you choose migration on the new NAS after installing the drives.

[@siamesino]

@@QuikTechSolutions Thank you so much

[@arsalanmemon6419]

Thanks for the video, Brian. I thought that one of the benefits of using Synology Hybrid RAID is that you can have one small size HD (e.g., 4 TB) and one bigger HD (e.g., 10 TB), and the system would recognize the bigger HD 10TB of space; whereas RAID 1 would show you only 4 TB (i.e., taking the smaller HD size ). However, in your video, when you added a bigger HD (i.e., 10TB), the storage size remained what was before (i.e., 4TB). Is my understanding correct that the Synology Hybrid would recognize the bigger HD connected to the system? If so, then why didn't your system recognize 10TB?

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Hello Arsalan! Thanks for watching. Question - who is Brian? In any event, yes the system did recognize the 10TB drive and the storage pool did expand once the second 10TB drive was added. Did you watch the whole video? After the repair process completed the storage pool was expanded to around 9+ TB.

[@memonarsalan]

@@QuikTechSolutions Sorry, Tony. I was reading your reply to Brian below and for some reason that name just stuck in my mind. Yes, I did watch the entire video. I should have been clearer. I understand that when you put both 10 tb drives the storage pool increases. My question was more related to when you only had just replaced one drive rather than both. But looking at another video last night, I came to know that SHR takes the largest size disk for redundancy, so in a 2 Bay system both the disks need to be changed and need to be of the same size because the drive with largest size will be used for redundancy. So the benefit of SHR of recognizing the largest HD in the system rather than smallest (as is in the case of a RAID), is only a benefit if you have a 3 bay NAS because in a 2 bay NAS, you will need to replace both the drives to get a higher storage.

[@clarkss12]

@@memonarsalan I was confused also, and you answered it very well..... thanks.

[@cosminaldeaphotography]

@@QuikTechSolutions I've got the DS20+ and was wondering if there is a way I could sum up the capacity of the 2 drives instead of having one drive for redundancy? (E.G. have 1x4tb and 1x2tb drives running in SHR and at the moment the Storage Pool is ~1.8TB and I would like to have 5.4TB (1.8 + 3.6). Hope this makes sense. Thanks

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Hello Cosmin Aldea. Thanks for watching. So there is a setting when first selecting the type of RAID called JBOD (just a bunch of disks). This offers no redundancy but will sum up the value of both drives. If you already have drives setup in a RAID, you’ll most likely have to initialize them to change to JBOD. Back up your data if you plan to do this. Good luck.

[@user-wk8yg1nl6e]

Will things happen in the same way if the raid is not SHR, but RAID 1? I think not, correct me if I'm wrong. And can raid 1 be converted to SHR without data loss?

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Thanks for watching. To my knowledge according to what I’ve read on Synology’s website, you can swap a drive in Raid 1. However, going from Raid 1 to SHR is not an option.

[@user-wk8yg1nl6e]

Thank you for your attention. It's clear to me that you can swap drives in Raid 1, the question was whether you can increase the volume by swapping with larger drives without losing data like you do in the video. But i think it can really work with Raid 1, like the same way SHR.

[@L8rCloud]

I have four 4TB drives and want to upgrade two with 8TB drives - The drives are running Synology's proprietary RAID format which requires each pair of drives to be matched. Can I assume that the pairs are (1, 2) AND (3, 4)...? I'm going to change both 4TB drives in bays (1, 2) for two 8TB drives and leave bays (3, 4) with the 4 TB drives to be upgraded later when I can afford another two 8TB drives (I have a Synology 8 Bay NAS - DS1819+)

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Hello Nicholas, thanks for watching. You can definitely do this, just do one bay at a time. Keep in mind with SHR you will be increasing from 12TB to 16TB after both bays are upgraded. SHR will keep the amount of the largest disk size for protection. Have a great day.

[@sonytony17]

Hi, How is in situation if I have DSM 7.0 and i need to upgrade from 2 TB HDD to 4 TB SSD on 2-bay machine

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Hi Anton, great question. While I haven’t actually done an HDD to SSD upgrade, I believe the process is the same.

[@eses888]

-My Ds918+, I only used 2 bay out of 4. -2 X 10TB Seagate Iron wolf installed in just Raid1 (mirror). Not format to SHR. -Want to upgrade to 2 X 12TB Seagate Iron wolf Pro. -Can I swap out hotplug just like what u doing? Thks

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Hi thanks for watching. The DS918+ definitely supports hot swap. Just take a backup before proceeding just in case.

[@terrytung19]

Can I replace only one drive and leave the other one as is? So if I stop after the repair process of the first drive, how can I update the total capacity??

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Hi and thanks for watching. The volume will take on the size of the smallest drive. So if you are replacing smaller drives with larger drives, both will have to be replaced in order for the volume size to increase. Have a great day!

[@terrytung19]

Awesome, that's good to know. Thank you!

[@harryhalim6567]

Can we use combination ssd and hdd as synology storage?

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Hello Harry! Thanks for tuning in and commenting. It is possible but highly recommended to keep them in separate storage pools. Please subscribe, share, and give the video alike. Have a great day.

[@josephl]

Does this process works the same for upgrading to SSDs?

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Hello Jose! Thanks for tuning in and commenting. I haven’t used SSDs in my NAS so I can’t speak from first hand experience, but I would think so. Since it’s the device that supports hot swappable slots, the type of drive shouldn’t be a factor. Please subscribe, share, and give the video a like 👍. Have a great day!

[@Thuban06]

Tony, I want to support your channel but the 10TB Seagate Iron Wolf NAS drives are not listed on your Amazon Affiliate storefront. What am I missing? Thanks.

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Hi there, thank you for tuning in and wanting to support the channel. Here is a direct link to the 10 TB drives. amzn.to/39qRjc6

[@Thuban06]

@@QuikTechSolutions Perfect. Thank you. I just wanted you to get credit for my purchase since you were my inspiration. Great video!

[@keesmod1132]

Hi Tony, Great video, thanks. I run a Synology DS212 with two WDC WD20EARX-00PASB0, 1,8 TB HDD drives. Drive 2 is showing an increase in damaged sectors (13). To be safe I want to replace both drives with two Seagate 3TB Guardian IronWolf NAS (ST3000VN006). I assume the way to go forward is about the same as on your video. First hot swap drive 2 and repair and secondly hot swap drive one and repair. Is there anything else I should take into account? Thanks in advance.

[@QuikTechSolutions]

So am I reading this correctly, you want to replace two 8TB drives with two 3TB drives? Is this correct?

[@keesmod1132]

Hi Tony, thanks for replying. Currently I have two 1,8 Tb drives installed and not two 8 Tb drives. So I upgrade to two 3 Tb drives.

[@QuikTechSolutions]

I would replace the failing drive first. Once the rebuild of drive 2 is complete. Repeat the process with Drive 1.

[@keesmod1132]

Thanks Tony, seriously appreciated.

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Good luck. Hope all goes well.

[@stuartdavison289]

Hi, thanks for the clear video. I've physically replaced a failing 6TB drive with a 12TB one. I go to storage pool and repair and unlike yours my new drive wasn't ticked? When I selected it clicked through and apply etc it seems to think about it for a minute but then fails. It never changes from "Not Initialized" am I missing something. I've replaced a WD RED 5400 with a WD Red plus 7200?

[@QuikTechSolutions]

What device are you upgrading? Are you using SHR RAID. Check the max drive size for the unit you are upgrading.

[@stuartdavison289]

@@QuikTechSolutions it's the same one DS216+II the manual says largest volume is 20TB. Does that mean it won't work with a 12TB drive even though the volume will be 6TB?

[@stuartdavison289]

@@QuikTechSolutions Sorry, yes it is SHR

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Did a little research on Synology's website. Apparently, the 12T WD Red Plus drive that is compatible with the DS216+II is the following model # - WD120EFBX - 68B0EN0. Check to see if your drive matches this model.

[@stuartdavison289]

@@QuikTechSolutions I have had to return the HDD as I tried WD diagnostic software with a USB caddy and it didn't even recognise the disc. Rather than replace it with another wd red I have ordered a Seagate same as you used. Hopefully that will work or I may be ordering a new enclosure too! Thanks for the help.

[@kevinmandeville4750]

Shouldn't you Deactivate the drive in DSM software first to make sure it's not actively being written to?

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Hi Kevin, thanks for watching. You definitely can to make sure there is no activity happening. But as you saw in the video, the process still completes successfully without. Have a great day.

[@grahamlees4394]

An old resource but still relevant. Does anyone know of this will work on a DS220j with SHR? I'd like to change the two 1TB disks for 2 x 4TB in the simplest way possible without starting over.

[@QuikTechSolutions]

Hi Graham, thanks for watching. Good question! Just google something like your Synology model followed by upgrade hard drives. I’m sure you’ll find a ton of information including something official from Synology.

[@grahamlees4394]

@@QuikTechSolutions Thanks, I'll give that a try. I did post something on Spacerex but no-one came up with a answer about hot swapping capability for this model - just to use Hyper Bsckup (which I use anyway) and be ready to restore the data from there but your solution is more alluring 😉

[@JoeyBonzo]

Tried and works! Went from 2x4TB to 2x20TB

[@grahamlees4394]

@@JoeyBonzo Thanks. I found a resource which directly referenced how to do it on the DS220j which doesn't have hot swappable capability which is very encouraging. Will do this now in the new year.