Comment on Synology DS215j NAS - time for an upgrade?
Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 9 months agoI’m concerned about those drives. While they’re not under a lot of load, every drive will fail eventually.
Go into your storage manager in DSM and check the drive health.
You could always replace failing drives on the same NAS, but replacing the NAS just to replace it seems like a waste of money, unless your needs have changed.
Provided that you have a backup solution (a NAS isn’t a backup solution on its own), then you should be covered even if the drive(s) fail.
FWIW, I only use Seagate Ironwolf drives in my NAS.
Diplomjodler@feddit.de 9 months ago
Everything looks fine in DSM.
Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
I wouldn’t worry, then. You’ll typically have a some kind of warning when a drive begins to fail. Keep your backups regular, and replace drives when needed.
I have my DSM set up to do a drive health check every month, and I’ll get an email with the results. Gives me piece of mind.