I bought a Synology 1522+ NAS and an additional M.2 SSD (400gb, snv3410). I installed it prior to starting the NAS the first time and it shows as healthy in my storage manager.
My question is, do I need to do any configuration of that SSD so that I get the max benefit from it?
(It’s been a few weeks since my initial setup and I don’t recall any questions when I started the NAS the first time).
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Also, I noticed that in my storage manager, that under the Manage Available Drives, it says that ‘The system detected that 1 drive is not in use…’. I’m assuming it’s my SSD as the other 3 drives are used in the storage pool.
Should I create cache on the SSD drive? If so, how much space should I allocate? I’m not sure of the steps involved in adding cache.
(I currently have 3 - 16 TB drives with 29TB of useable space, 9 in use now)
Synology’s Knowledge Center is the best guide. I always create read-write cache environments to improve the overall performance and have no use case for a small cache volume- your needs may differ.
An SSD cache is linked to a volume. If you have a single volume, use the entire capacity of the SSD. A cache is not created automatically. You must create and assign it manually.
Go to Storage Manager and select Storage at the left. On the right screen, click Create > Create SSD Cache. Follow the instructions on the screen.
Thanks. I’ve created the cache in storage manager. I’m not sure how to tell if any of my activities take advantage of it. I think there is another option to do a Cache Analysis so maybe I’ll let than run for a while and see what type of feedback I get. Thanks again.