01-14-2023, 05:16 PM
I am using an old SYNOLOGY 4 bays DS411j with 8 Tb of storage. The system is configured in RAID 0 and all content is backed/synchronised nightly on a 8Tb USB drive using Hyper Backup. The system is for home use with only one user accessing the NAS from different devices.
I would like to upgrade to a newer Synology NAS probably with 2 or 4 bays with 30 Tb in a JBOD configuration and also nightly backups to USB drives. The device will be used to store files and possibly running a few docker applications. Could I start by purchasing a NAS with one large HDU drive and then add further drives without loosing existing data?
Can I also use non NAS drives?
I used to have a RAID 5 configuration, but as I have frequent backups and I can afford the downtime to replace a faulty drive from the backup, is it still advisable to use JBOD or RAID 0 to maximise the disk usage?
I would like to upgrade to a newer Synology NAS probably with 2 or 4 bays with 30 Tb in a JBOD configuration and also nightly backups to USB drives. The device will be used to store files and possibly running a few docker applications. Could I start by purchasing a NAS with one large HDU drive and then add further drives without loosing existing data?
Can I also use non NAS drives?
I used to have a RAID 5 configuration, but as I have frequent backups and I can afford the downtime to replace a faulty drive from the backup, is it still advisable to use JBOD or RAID 0 to maximise the disk usage?