General

Storage Manager allows users to manage all the storage spaces on their Synology products. In order to simplify storage management and create flexible storage spaces with data protection, Synology DSM supports multiple types of storage pools.

Storage Pool

With DiskStation, you may combine multiple drives into a single storage unit called a storage pool. DiskStation provides the following types of storage pools:

RAID Type

When creating a storage pool, first choose a RAID type. Different RAID types provide different levels of data protection, storage features, and performance. DiskStation currently supports the following RAID types:

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