GeorgeO
Well-Known Member
After going through sam9s, very detailed and informative thread on the Synology NAs, I wont add much except to summarize.
This past week I had planned to expand my ReadyNAS NV+V2 from 2 X 3TB( running in RAID) to 4X TB. I pulled out the third tray and after installing the Seagate 3TB drive with four screws instered and locked it in.The process of restriping took nearly 20+ hours after which it resized the volume whereby all the drives showed up as a single disk. The same process was repeated with the fourth drive and this took a little longer-nearly 36 hours. All the while the data has remained accessible and I have been playing music through my SB, and I have also been adding videos into the NAS.
To my mind, if one doesnt need anything except storage-if one has the necessary front ends like audio player or video player, a NAS is an excellent storage solution. Its small factor, low noise, ability to be programmed, and GbE + USB 3.0 ports, easy interface via browser, all make it a good and easy solution. I was a satisfied user of a 2bay ReadyNAS Duo for many years but the limited storage capacity, and lack of GbE and USB 3.0 drove me to upgrade.
This past week I had planned to expand my ReadyNAS NV+V2 from 2 X 3TB( running in RAID) to 4X TB. I pulled out the third tray and after installing the Seagate 3TB drive with four screws instered and locked it in.The process of restriping took nearly 20+ hours after which it resized the volume whereby all the drives showed up as a single disk. The same process was repeated with the fourth drive and this took a little longer-nearly 36 hours. All the while the data has remained accessible and I have been playing music through my SB, and I have also been adding videos into the NAS.
To my mind, if one doesnt need anything except storage-if one has the necessary front ends like audio player or video player, a NAS is an excellent storage solution. Its small factor, low noise, ability to be programmed, and GbE + USB 3.0 ports, easy interface via browser, all make it a good and easy solution. I was a satisfied user of a 2bay ReadyNAS Duo for many years but the limited storage capacity, and lack of GbE and USB 3.0 drove me to upgrade.
