20151003
OK time to add a second Seagate 8TB to this DS207+ Synolog NAS
As simple as:
- Shutdown
- Install second drive
- Power Up
- Confirm can see unused drive in Storage Manager
- In Storage Manager, Select current single volume and change Raid type to 1
- Wait… for it all to synchonise
So now we have a DS207+ with an available 7.5TB Raid 1 so mirrored
20150822
This DS207+ is getting a bit long in the tooth now, but last effort a year ago it happily accepted 2 x 4TB WD Green HDDs so we shall see if it can run with Seagates new 8TB Archive HDD
Synology list a more recent firmware than a year ago to address the well publicised OpenSSL vulnerabilities. Good to see.
So downloaded DSM_DS207+_1639.pat and installed it with the Synology Assistant under a Win 7 machine to 192.168.1.82
So easy, Volume creation wizard shows 1 x ST8000AS0002-1NA with 7.2TB available
So on to creating a simple volume which I expect will take a day or so.. Note selected a straightforward (not Synology SHR) volume for maximum compatibility