Replacing Larger Internal HDD
When the internal HDD storage is run out, Administrator can follow the steps to
replace a larger HDD and keep using the original data:
For one-bay models*
1. Turn off the Synology Product.
2. Replace the internal hard drive with a larger one.
3. Turn on the Synology Product.
4. Reinstall the system.
5. Connect the replaced hard drive to the USB or eSATA port.
6. Copy the data from the replaced hard drive to the new hard drive.
7. Remove the replaced hard drive.
For Basic or RAID 0 volume on two and more bays
models*
1. Back up all data stored on the Synology Product.
2. Turn off the Synology Product.
3. Replace the internal hard drives with larger ones.
4. Turn on the Synology Product
5. Reinstall the system.
6. Copy the backed up data to the new volume.
For RAID 1 volume on two and more bays models*
1. Turn off the Synology Product.
2. Replace the first internal hard drive with a larger hard drive.
3. Turn on the Synology Product and rebuild the volume.
4. Repeat step 1 to 3 until all internal hard drives are replaced with larger hard
drives.
5. Click the Expand button to expand the volume size.
p.s. For hot-swappable models, you can perform the above procedures when
the model is powered on.
For RAID 5 or RAID 6 volume on four and more
bays models*
1. Turn off the Synology Product.
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