Do NAS hard drives have to be the same size?

Some NAS units absolutely require drives to be identically sized. If it is only capable of presenting one Volume to the network, this is good because dissimilar drives create wasted space. More advanced NAS units can present multiple Volumes, so you can deal with have sets of differently sized drives.

Does a NAS need RAID?

Working with multiple large size media and information files you will conceivably need more storage space and redundancy than a single drive would be able to offer. Normally the RAID is employed in network-attached storage (NAS) environments, well known for a massive storage, backup, and media streaming solution.

Can you mix and match HDD in NAS?

Synology allows you to mix and match the different drives, but I would still recommend the same type of drives for a RAID. If you are not creating RAID but have two separate volumes for each drive, then you can benefit from maximums speed from the black drive or pro drive. But yes, you can mix drives.

Can you mix and match hard drives in a NAS?

Synology does allow you to mix different make and size drives. But I would still recommend mixing only similar kind of drives. Either all of them are NAS drives like WD Red or desktop or pro drives. So simply get WD red drives and enjoy the Synology great performance.

Can I mix HDD in NAS?

If you are not creating RAID but have two separate volumes for each drive, then you can benefit from maximums speed from the black drive or pro drive. But yes, you can mix drives.

What happened to Flexraid?

Flexraid is pretty much dead software. The developer has been inconsistent as far as support and some major bugs have gone unresolved for years. It looks like he is on another hiatus and may have permanently abandoned the application this time. Check out SnapRAID.

Is 8TB enough for NAS?

Size matters when it comes to NAS NAS hard drives come in 1 terabyte (TB), 2TB, 3TB, 4TB, 6TB, 8TB, 10TB and so on — a single TB being 1,000GB. If you’re using the NAS for home storage, you can usually get away with one to two terabytes of space.