So currently I am running a 4 bay Synology DS423+. I’ve upgraded it to have 32gb ram and a 10g network port. I am looking to upgrade to something with more bays like 12+. I was looking at the DS2422+ since it is 12 bays and I could transfer my ram from my current synology to it.
Now if I build one myself something I’ve never done is it easy to just move my storage over and not lose any data and be able to access it? I am running 4x 12TB in raid 5 in my current. It’s mainly my backup, plex files and also running qbit and tautulli. I saw some people recommend 45homelab HL15 would that be a good swap?
remon@ani.social 5 days ago
Yes, but you can’t just plug the HDDs into the new machine like you would when switching to another synology. You’ll have to copy the data to your new machine.
farcaller@fstab.sh 5 days ago
That’s not exactly true, synology doesn’t do anything you can’t access from an off the shelf linux (it’s your usual mdraid and btrfs). But you better know what you’re doing if you go that route.
just_another_person@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Correct. Youll need to have a new disk array up and running to copy all your data to first on the new NAS.
ClydapusGotwald@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Okay then I’d have to buy 4 more 12TB drives to transfer it all over. Good to know.
BombOmOm@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Since you are looking to build up to 12 bays, what you can do is buy that 4x 12TB drive set now, transfer everything over to the new system, then add the old 12TB drives into the array one-by-one expanding it to an 8x 12TB array.
anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 5 days ago
Might also look at larger drives. When I compared 3.5’’ drives then the 24TB is cheaper per terabyte than both 16TB and 12TB. The ones I compared are listed below:
Seagate Exos X24 Harddisk ST24000NM002H 24TB 3.5" Serial Attached SCSI 2
Seagate Exos X24 Harddisk ST16000NM001H 16TB 3.5" Serial ATA-600 7200rpm
Seagate IronWolf Harddisk ST12000VN0008 12TB 3.5" SATA-600 7200rpm
korn@feddit.org 4 days ago
I created an Xpenology VM inside my new Unraid server and copied my files with 10Gbps internally.