Best Way to Back up Music Library

[DavidHB]

@gnomus

My NAS is not a Synology, and I've never had a RAID array drive fail on me, so I cannot claim this as an area of expertise. Simon does have at least one Synology NAS, so he may be a better source of advice.

Obviously, you will need to remove and replace the hard drive. Unfortunately, I don't know how automatic the recovery procedure is when you restart the NAS; I'd guess that it is a lengthy process (some hours).

RAID comes in different varieties, and most manufacturers have variants of their own, so you will need documentation specific to your NAS. If you don't still have the paper manual (or there never was one), you can get a PDF copy from the Synology website. I've had a quick look, and the manual seems to be suggesting that the procedure for recovering a degraded RAID array (their term) is to be found in DSM Help.

It certainly does not surprise me that a hard drive on its last legs might tend to fail under the stress of a heavy duty copying operation. While I see RAID as a useful extra layer of protection, I don't think that it is a sensible alternative to an effective backup routine.

David