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Since my Synology DS1815+ Network Attached Storage (NAS) was getting quite old (6 years+) and 90% complete using old, 6 TB Hitachi hard disks, I thought that it would be prudent to replace it with the latest Synology NAS (with larger, faster, and newer hard disks). . . . . . . After research, I settled on the DS1621+ with a RAID-5 configuration using 5…

One day, as I was browsing the Plex collection on my Synology DS1815+ Network Attached Storage, I noticed that my Plex server was not able to find any of my music (although all of the files were there). . . . The files on my Synology server are all organized under:. /volume1/Media . After trying multiple options, I finally found a working solution, first described…

For the past 3 years, I have used the Synology DS1815+ with 6 WD 6.0TB Red hard disks (in a RAID-5 configuration) for backup and Plex duties.. . . . . . It has served me well so far (though it can be a bit slow during Plex transcoding) until recent events. All of a sudden, I started receiving messages about unexpected system shutdowns. On…