Bit of advice needed on my new Synology DS213...

StevieP · 10 Oct 2012 at 16:04

I've finally taken delivery of my two new 2TB Western Digital Red drives and they have slotted nicely into my brand-spanking-new Synology DS213!

Trouble is, now I have literally no idea what to do! :confused:

I slotted them into the NAS, followed the quick setup instructions and logged into the interface and the DS213 promptly started doing something!

Anyway, when I left it at lunchtime, it looked like this:

I'm assuming this is all going according to plan but wondered if anyone could answer me a couple of quick questions:

1) It only seems to show a single volume and there are two 2TB drives slotted in there?? Will it find the other volume once it's finished doing what it's doing? (both green lights are lit so I'm assuming they are both working!?!?)

2) It mentions "Synology Hybrid RAID" - what exactly is this?

3) I wanted to set these drives up in RAID1 - how do I do this?

Thanks for any advice guys, really liking the interface so far!!

sja360 · 10 Oct 2012 at 16:34

it looks like its running as raid 1 currently if your only seeing 1 drive on the network. check what size the drive actually is and if its just the 1.79TB then its likely to be running raid 1.

StevieP · 10 Oct 2012 at 17:16

I thought I'd have to select it as RAID1 thats all!?!?! :confused:

Obviously both drives are listed under the "Disk Info" bit at the bottom but was just a bit confused with the single volume!

The drives are 2TB Western Digital RED drives so I'm assuming the 1.82TB capacity is correct??

Nutella33 · 10 Oct 2012 at 17:34

yep, on a 2tb drive you usually see 1.81/1.82GB.

its all working correctly from what ive seen. easy set up! please update on how you find it as ive been looking at this solution for a while and would be interested in your opinions

StevieP · 10 Oct 2012 at 19:19

Can anyone give me an "idiots guide" to enabling the web/smartphone access the the DS213? (I assume its the same interface for all the Synology NAS's??)

I've managed to set up a shared folder and map a network drive to it but there are just so many similar looking options for the web access and I just dont know what all of the abbreviations mean!?!?! :confused:

(WebDAV, DDNS, HTTP, HTTPS etc etc)

Can someone give me a step by step guide as to how best to enable it? I just want to be able to use the app on my phone and web browser at work to access stored files (securely of course!)

Thanks for any help guys...