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Choose between different types of storage volumes and easily create one that best suits your data protection needs. The Volume Manager user interface has been upgraded for DSM 2.3. More than just improving aesthetics, the color graphics and illustrations provide reader-friendly visual descriptions of each volume's status.

Synology Hybrid RAID (SHR)

DSM 2.3 introduces Synology Hybrid RAID (SHR), an intelligent volume type that optimizes volume size when combining hard disks of varying sizes. When set as the standard volume type in DSM 2.3, SHR provides one-disk data protection and the flexibility of expanding to an optimal volume space when a lager or additional hard disk is inserted into the array.

For users who prefer manually configuring the volume type, DSM 2.3 offers RAID-protected volume types (2-4 way RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, RAID 5+Spare, and RAID 6) as well as volume types without data protection (Basic, JBOD, and RAID 0).

Storage Expansion Made Easy

DSM 2.3 offers flexible options for volume expansion and growth. Small volumes can be expanded whenever the need arises by adding drives to the array, replacing drives with those of larger capacity, or adding a Synology expansion unit to compatible models. With just a few clicks in the volume manager, the new, larger volume will be created and ready to use.¹

Change volume type

DSM 2.3 provides the following four types of volume change:

Basic to RAID 1
Basic to RAID 5
RAID 1 to RAID 5
RAID 5 to RAID 5+Spare
RAID 5 to RAID6

1 Refer to the help file in DSM 2.3 for more information on applicable volume type.

Applied Models

10-series: DS1010+, DS410j, DS710+, DS210j, DS110j

9-series: RS409+, RS409RP+, RS409, DS509+, DS409+, DS409, DS209+II, DS209+, DS209, DS209j, DS109+, DS109, DS109j, DS409slim

8-series: RS408, RS408-RP, DS508, DS408, DS108j

7-series: RS407, CS407, CS407e, DS207+, DS207, DS107+, DS107, DS107e