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Another option to consider. Many thanks.

I've only used RAID 1 in the past, but RAID 5 does make the best sense in this case. Many thanks...

I have a DS920+ with four bays. All HDD’s below are same model WD Red Plus 14TB drives. Drives 1 & 2 are defined as RAID 1. Drive 3 is not yet initialized Drive 4 is defined as JBOD. Drive 5 is an external WD Elements HDD connected to the DS920+ via USB. I use Synology “USB Copy” from Drive...

Being new to Synology and RAID, I could have been a bit clearer with my earlier post. The five folder structure (Movies, TV Shows, Home Video, Pictures, Music) above would be identical on each volume. I'm unsure whether RAID creates a different volume or not, but I'll figure that out when my...

Good advice. I was just being lazy and looking for a quick answer.

I have a 1930’s three-floor residential home with approximately 1,500 sq. ft. per floor. Walls are thick plaster over lath creating dead zones for wireless. Most rooms have Cat-6 Ethernet installed for hard-wired devices. Currently, I have the router on the main level and AP on the upper level...

Since 2017, I’ve been using two single bay 8TB WD My Cloud (JBOD) at about 80% capacity. One drive as primary media for Plex, the second as a backup drive. When the backup drive recently failed, I decided to take better safeguards for my data with the following: Install a new 4-bay Synology...

Great points. Just to be safe, I'm ordering another HD and connect to my HP desktop and create another backup before I touch the NAS. I may end up keeping the workable 8TB WD MyCloud as is in its casing and attach it to the network separate from my new NAS.

Great idea. Thanks!

Who said “He who waits”? As I began placing an order for the Synology DS920+, it was no longer available on Amazon. Other options cost about $50 more, so I went to B&H since I’ve always had good service from them. They matched Amazon’s original price. I’ll receive it Friday. I also ordered two...

4. Whether it's Seagate or WD, as long as these HDD support NAS, 6GB/s or faster, 7200 RPM, do you recommend keeping them all one brand/same specs? or can they be mixed? 5. Can my current WD 8TB HDD be removed from its container and loaded into the new NAS? It has about 6TB of data files...

UPDATE #2 Thanks to all of you for your input! It helped me get to a decision. I’ve reviewed your advice and read numerous websites, forums, recommendations on a Plex server on NAS to my current DYI Plex server on my HP desktop. I’ve decided to run Plex on a NAS. I’ve reset my cost expectations...

degrub Thanks! Until I can decide on the Plex/NAS/DAS configuration I took your advice. I now have three copies of all DOCUMENTS. For MOVIES and MUSIC, I created a backup of all digital downloads on SSD's. For other MOVIES and TV SHOWS, I have the original DVD's and CD's (although I wouldn't...

*** UPDATE *** On each 8TB NAS drive, I have the following shares. DOCUMENTS (Private Share, Password required. About 150GB including business & tax files, family genealogy, etc.) All document files are currently backed up weekly on Samsung T5 SSD with 250GB capacity via USB port on PC) MOVIES...

I could get the 16TB WD My Cloud EX2 Ultra (2 x 8TB) and use RAID 1 to create a mirror copy and use my current 8TB NAS My Cloud as a backup. After copying manually or using a backup program weekly, I could disconnect it from my network and store it in a safe location. I need to watch costs and...