RAID 5 on a 5 Bay Synology

[skunkwrks]

Hi Guys, i have a 4 bay Synology on RAID 5, its getting full and now getting an expansion unit, they offer 2 bay and 5 bay, when i get the 5 bay and set up RAID 5; can i set up RAID on a 5 bay unit or does it have to be 4 bay ?

 

[why_wolf]

RAID 5 can be any number of drives. So yes you can use RAID 5 on a 5 bay unit. You can see how much space you'll have with their storage calculator. https://www.synology.com/en-us/support/RAID_calculator?hdds=1%20TB|1%20TB|1%20TB|1%20TB


update: should add that RAID 5 needs 3 or more HDDs.

 

[skunkwrks]

RAID 5 can be any number of drives. So yes you can use RAID 5 on a 5 bay unit. You can see how much space you'll have with their storage calculator. https://www.synology.com/en-us/support/RAID_calculator?hdds=1%20TB|1%20TB|1%20TB|1%20TB


update: should add that RAID 5 needs 3 or more HDDs.

Thank you

 

[USAFRet]

Hi Guys, i have a 4 bay Synology on RAID 5, its getting full and now getting an expansion unit, they offer 2 bay and 5 bay, when i get the 5 bay and set up RAID 5; can i set up RAID on a 5 bay unit or does it have to be 4 bay ?

RAID 5 can be any number of 3 or more drives.
3 is the minimum.

I have a 4 x RAID 5 in my QNAP NAS.