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ECC RAM in a DS1621+ - Enquiries - 02-07-2023
Hello, I'm looking for highest performance from my DS1621+. I ordered 6x WD RED 14TB HDD, I intend to use RAID 10 because I think that's the highest performance, I think that's what I heard? My question is about RAM - I've blown the budget on all the upgrades so far (2x WD SN850X NVMe - 6x HDD - 2x 10gb UniFi switches). I bought a cheap 10gbe PCIe adapter, it didn't work, so I bought the Synology PCIe adapter (ouch!). I don't know if I can afford to max out on Synology RAM. But I also for sure can't afford to buy cheap ECC RAM and then have to upgrade to Synology RAM. I couldn't find a video about off-brand non-Synology RAM, so I'm wondering if you have advice on what type of ECC RAM I should buy?
RE: ECC RAM in a DS1621+ - ed - 02-10-2023
You do not need to max out RAM. This will not speed up things unless you actually run low on RAM. Most of the time 16GB is way more than anyone need unless they run VMs.
Here is a list of unofficial RAM https://nascompares.com/answer/synology-nas-compatible-ram/
You may get a warning message, but it will work.