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Hey folks, happy Thanksgiving to those celebrating today!

I have a Synology DS1821+ that I have completely filled. I'm looking for expanding, but I don't really want to completely replace the Synology yet.

Does anyone know if there is a way to expand the number of drives? I've heard murmers that I can use a DAS, but nothing for sure. Wondering if anyone has attempted this before. Thanks!

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[–] catloaf@lemm.ee -1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Literally on the product page, first result when I googled the model number:

DS1821+ comes equipped with 8 bays and can scale up to 18 bays with 2 DX517 expansion units as your data needs grow.

https://www.synology.com/en-us/products/DS1821+

Honest question: did you do any investigation on your own, or post here first?

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech -1 points 3 weeks ago

Hey, thanks for the mean answer.

Yes. I had seen that, I saw the price too. I saw on Reddit that people had had luck using QNAP expansions, or just anything that supports JBOD. I thought I'd ask here because people are usually nice and may have creative ideas. Note other people here giving answers that don't have the attitude.