Update Synology Disk to a larger sized one??

[kirkster]

Hi all,
I have a DS216+ with a single 8TB disk in it. Great NAS by the way. I want to upgrade it to a 14TB disk. Other than drag all the data off of the current NAS disk onto something else (that "soemthing else" needing to be very big!) , install the new 14TB disk and then copy all the data back onto it, what are my options? Is there a way to install the new 14TB disk side by side and then copy the data in-site - i.e. within the Synology and then when it's done to remove the existing 8TB drive?

Many thanks.

 

[kirkster]

....I could buy two 14TB disks, put one temporarily in my PC, copy the data from the NAS onto the PC, install a new 14TB (the second one) disk into the NAS, copy the data back onto the NAS and then move the one from the PC into the NAS for redundancy (which should do anyway). However, 2 x 14TB disks = £££££££. I would liked to have split this over a few months but I can't see how to migrate otherwise.

 

[kirkster]

Hi, thanks.
I have a few 1G portable drives plus a 4G on my workstation. I may just copy stuff over to them, swap the disk in the Synology and then copy back. I can then redeploy the 8TB disk as extra storage in my PC