How do I change the drive in my Synology NAS?

How do I change the drive in my Synology NAS?

To replace drives:

1. Launch Storage Manager.
2. Go to Storage Pool to see which existing drive is the smallest.
3. Power off your Synology NAS.
4. Remove the smallest of the member drives and install a new, larger drive.
5. Power on your Synology NAS.
6. Launch Storage Manager again.

How do I replace a failed Synology drive?

To repair a degraded storage pool:

1. Go to Storage Manager > Storage Pool to confirm the status has changed to Degraded.
2. If so, go to the HDD/SSD tab to see which drive has failed.
3. Remove the failed drive and replace it with a new one.
4. After the replacement drive has been installed, return to the Storage Pool tab.

How do I add a drive to my storage pool Synology?

Power on your Synology NAS and launch Storage Manager. Go to the Storage Pool page and select the storage pool you want to expand. Click Add Drive from the Action drop-down menu. Select the drive you want to add from the list.

How do I increase my NAS storage?

Storage capacity in today’s NASes can usually be expanded in two ways:

1. Backing up the NAS, shutting it down, replacing all drives with larger ones and copying back the original data.
2. Replacing drives one-by-one with larger ones and letting the RAID volume rebuild between each disk swap.

Is Synology hot-swappable?

You may have to completely shut down your NAS first before removing a hard drive, but most Synology NAS boxes support hot-swapping. In that case, you can leave it powered on and remove and insert hard drives all day long without an issue.

Can you add drives to Synology NAS?

If there are empty drive slots on your Synology NAS, you can install additional drives and add them to an existing storage pool.

How do I increase my NAS drive space?

How to setup hard disk in synology ds412 +?

7 Chapter 2: Hardware Setup 3 Load the hard disk in the hard drive tray. For 3.5” Hard Disk:Place the hard disk in the hard drive tray, and then tighten the screws to secure the hard disk.

Can a hard drive be removed from a Synology NAS?

After determining which hard drive went kaput, you can remove it from the NAS enclosure. You may have to completely shut down your NAS first before removing a hard drive, but most Synology NAS boxes support hot-swapping. In that case, you can leave it powered on and remove and insert hard drives all day long without an issue.

Where do I find my hard drive status on Synology?

Then, in the left-hand sidebar, click “HDD/SDD” to show a list of the hard drives and their status. Next to each drive, you’ll see a green or red status, depending on the state of the drive.

Where is the beep control on Synology ds412 +?

The beep control can now be found under Control Panel > Hardware & Power. I guess this step is really optional if you do not find the every 2 seconds beep irritating. For me, I prefer to turn it off after knowing what went wrong with the volume.