And ofcourse raid isn’t backup, always make back ups because if it goes terrible wrong you can lose all your data no matter what setup you have. Choosing the right data storage solution for your needs can be very intimidating and it’s never too late to ask for help.

You have the right to demand access to personal data and to rectify, erase or limit the processing, as well as to object to the processing. Once again, for those looking at using the DS1823xs+ as a three-tier storage system (eg with Hot NVMe – Warm SATA SSD – SATA HDD Cold pools), this is going o be tremendously appealing, especially when you factor one or more (PCIe Upgrade) external 10GbE connections to edit Video/Photos directly on the NAS. Choosing the right data storage solution for your needs can be very intimidating and its never too late to ask for help.Alongside this, the DS1823xs+ also arrives with 8GB of ECC SODIMM DDR4 Mmeory that can be upgraded to 32GB over two slots, using Synology branded memory. I’ll hope the upgrade to the currently selling DS1821+ comes before the end of the year and with a decent processor.

This is because Synology does not allow SHR support on any system deemed ‘High Performance’ such as the XS, SA or UC series. This is one of the reasons I have always been pretty loud and proud about my thoughts on the 8-Bay DS1823xs+ chassis. The beast can sit in the corner and be booted up once a week, whereupon I’ll do identical rsync (ext4) backups to two of the four nodes. coming soon enough) have reduced the range of use of the USB ports of Synology NAS systems (removing many network adapters, DTV tuners, wireless dongles, office accessories such as printers, scanners and optical drives), and limiting them largely to storage, UPS’ and assigning them to VMs.However, fair play to Synology, their range of cards has expanded hugely in the last 2-3 years and you have the option of 1-2 Port 10GbE cards, as well as dual port 25Gb FC cards too. Despite this now being a feature of prosumer and premium Synology hardware since 2018, they still do NOT include heatsinks for these bays.