Best way to clone a Synology drive?
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joelnodxd · 2023-11-15 11:00

I want to upgrade the storage in my DS220+ NAS , but I'm not sure of
the best way to do it. I've simply placed in another drive before and
copied over important data (Plex app data, media, etc), but now I have
Docker instances and other apps I want to copy over, how would I do
this? I'm also aware of things like the copy button, migration
assistant and the fact that I can't read the drive on Windows (at
least for free), so what's the best way to upgrade storage without
losing anything?

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hdddanbrown · 2023-11-15 11:26

A good idea would be to ask the /r/synology sub

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joelnodxd · 2023-11-15 11:28

That's true, I will do

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Prog · 2023-11-15 14:30

Do you only have one drive in it right now?

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joelnodxd · 2023-11-15 14:31

yes, one 2TB drive that I'm wanting to upgrade to 2x 4TB drives so I
have more storage and a good backup of my Plex media

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Prog · 2023-11-15 14:37

Put in one of your new 4TB drives, add it to the storage pool, wait
for it to finish adding (it'll take a long time).  Then prepare your
old drive for removal.  Once done, remove it and put in your second
new drive, then add it to the pool.  That's it!

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joelnodxd · 2023-11-15 14:38

that's exactly what I thought I had to do, thank you

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Prog · 2023-11-15 14:39

Sure thing, no prob!