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28 minutes ago, paps511 said:

14tb Exos drives are very attractive right now, but I don't want to have to buy 5 of them all at once. If I just add a 14tb drive, it will only use 6tb of the capacity to not mess up the raid array. I get this, but if over time I upgrade all the drives to 14tb, how would I tell the raid to use 14tb per drive and not just 6tb?

Your NAS will automatically adjust capacity to reflect the smallest drive in the array.

 

https://www.synology.com/en-global/knowledgebase/DSMUC/help/DSMUC/StorageManager/storage_pool_expand_replace_disk

28 minutes ago, paps511 said:

Second question, the Synology 1821+ uses ECC ram. Is it required to use ECC ram? or can I skimp out on non-ecc ram? I am basically using it as a plex and home backup server, so nothing is mission critical to actually need ecc ram.

You can use either non-ECC or ECC SODIMM modules with the 1821+. You may see a slight performance improvement if you go non-ECC.

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Hello All,

 

I currently have a Synology 1815+ with 5 6tb drives and an ssd cache. I'm running Synologies Hybrid raid with 1 disc redundancy and I need to expand my storage.

 

14tb Exos drives are very attractive right now, but I don't want to have to buy 5 of them all at once. If I just add a 14tb drive, it will only use 6tb of the capacity to not mess up the raid array. I get this, but if over time I upgrade all the drives to 14tb, how would I tell the raid to use 14tb per drive and not just 6tb?

 

Second question, the Synology 1821+ uses ECC ram. Is it required to use ECC ram? or can I skimp out on non-ecc ram? I am basically using it as a plex and home backup server, so nothing is mission critical to actually need ecc ram.

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I like your pc, however I think you should try and get a new gpu. As of your question I don’t believe using ECC Ram will make a difference of will you care.

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1 minute ago, MeatSink said:

I like your pc, however I think you should try and get a new gpu. As of your question I don’t believe using ECC Ram will make a difference of will you care.

I'd love to get a new GPU, but... uh... *gestures broadly*. 

 

I know I don't need ECC ram, but I was wondering if there was some hardware/software level requirement to run ecc and if it would be mad about non-ecc ram.

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2 minutes ago, paps511 said:

I'd love to get a new GPU, but... uh... *gestures broadly*. 

 

I know I don't need ECC ram, but I was wondering if there was some hardware/software level requirement to run ecc and if it would be mad about non-ecc ram.

As far as ECC vs non ECC ram, I have no clue. 

 

For the expansion, would it be easier to get something like the DX517 and add more 6tb drives as you go?

I'm not actually trying to be as grumpy as it seems.

I will find your mentions of Ikea or Gnome and I will /s post. 

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28 minutes ago, paps511 said:

14tb Exos drives are very attractive right now, but I don't want to have to buy 5 of them all at once. If I just add a 14tb drive, it will only use 6tb of the capacity to not mess up the raid array. I get this, but if over time I upgrade all the drives to 14tb, how would I tell the raid to use 14tb per drive and not just 6tb?

Your NAS will automatically adjust capacity to reflect the smallest drive in the array.

 

https://www.synology.com/en-global/knowledgebase/DSMUC/help/DSMUC/StorageManager/storage_pool_expand_replace_disk

28 minutes ago, paps511 said:

Second question, the Synology 1821+ uses ECC ram. Is it required to use ECC ram? or can I skimp out on non-ecc ram? I am basically using it as a plex and home backup server, so nothing is mission critical to actually need ecc ram.

You can use either non-ECC or ECC SODIMM modules with the 1821+. You may see a slight performance improvement if you go non-ECC.

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