Are Synology NAS drives hot-swappable?

You may have to completely shut down your NAS first before removing a hard drive, but most Synology NAS boxes support hot-swapping. In that case, you can leave it powered on and remove and insert hard drives all day long without an issue. It’s usually a good idea to have a spare drive ready to go.

How do I replace a faulty hard drive in a Synology NAS?

How to replace a Synology NAS drive

  1. Look at your Synology NAS and count from the left.
  2. Remove the failed drive from the NAS.
  3. Replace the failed drive with the new one on the tray.
  4. Install the new drive by reinserting the drive tray.
  5. Open Storage Manager.
  6. Click on the affected volume on the left sidebar.
  7. Click on Manage.

Does Synology support hot spares?

Hot spare drives can be globally assigned to protect any storage pool within your Synology NAS, as long as the storage pool matches the following criteria: The RAID type of the storage pool must support drive fault tolerance (i.e., RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, RAID F1, and SHR comprising at least two drives).

Does DS213 support hot-swapping?

Coming with USB 3.0 support which offers transmission speeds of up to 5 Gbps, namely 10 times faster than USB 2.0, DS213 takes less time for data transfer for external hard drives and consumes less power. In addition, hot-swappable drives make it easier for maintenance and hard drive replacement.

How do I replace a Synology drive?

To replace drives:

  1. Launch Storage Manager.
  2. Go to Storage Pool to see which existing drive is the smallest.
  3. Power off your Synology NAS.
  4. Remove the smallest of the member drives and install a new, larger drive.
  5. Power on your Synology NAS.
  6. Launch Storage Manager again.

Is 918+ hot-swappable?

The DS918+ is the first 4-bay from Synology that looks and feels like a DS1517+ with one less bay. So for Synology fans this is a big plus as with hot-swappable bays, it’s always easy to interchange drives.

Does DS213 support hot swapping?

Can you transfer drives from one NAS to another?

Place your hard drives in your new NAS. Remove the drives from your current network drive. After this, you place them in your new NAS in the same order. Connect your NAS to both network and power and turn it on.

What is hot spare disk?

Hot spare disks are preparatory disk drives that are kept on active standby for use when a disk drive fails. The Global Hot Spare function enables hot spare disks to be used for any RAID group. When a disk drive in a RAID group fails, data on the disk drive is rebuilt automatically on the hot spare disk in background.

What Synology NAS support hot swapping?

DS920+
The DS920+ supports Hot Swap, and the drive tray is revealed simply by pulling the front so that the locking mechanism is released, and the tray slides out. All in all, the DS920+ can house four drives, and it supports both 2.5” and 3.5” drives.