bazzer:

 

I'd better start thinking about what disk configuration I want to get. Anyone have drive recommendations for this thing? I've only had 2 bays to play with before, so not sure if it's worth filling them all. I don't have massive demands on storage but would like reliable redundancy. Is it worth getting NAS drives? I don't think it will be running in a very stressful environment.

 

Maybe I should make a thread or do a search! 😄

 

Congrats bazzer!

This may be too late to be really helpful (if you've already chosen your drives and set them up), but if you're still deciding here's my 2c:

1. Yep, get 4 drives. May as well have the extra redundancy

2. Get Seagate Ironwolf drives. Ironwolf pros are "better", but also noisier and more expensive. May be overkill, since you don't have heavy needs.

3. Size is up to you, but get a usable total of more than you think you need. The cost difference between just enough and more than enough is small.

4. Choose the SHR raid type, and choose the SHR-2 option. That means you should be good for up to any two of the four drives failing without losing data.

That should be a setup you can forget about most of the time, and that will (likely) save you if something goes wrong.

Thanks again to Synology and @freitasm for running this.