kiwimonkey

Thank you for the reply. If I could ask, how would the partitions work? Would the new model want to "reinstall" dsm into wherever it's installed to now? I guess my biggest concern was the xpenology box was based off a 12-bay and i'm looking at moving everything into an 8-bay (granted only 5 of the bays were used). Also trying to decide which device to go with. Insurance will cover the cost of the 1817+ and the cost of adding a couple more drives to it. OR I can add some of my money to the payout and get the upgraded 3617 (but then I'd have no money left over for extra drives). Future use, the 1817+ looks cheaper to expand. Suggestions?

Long story short, had to file an insurance claim for the apartment I live in. Included in that is xpenology box that I built about 2 years ago. I don't think that I ever upgraded the DSM in it and the only thing that it's doing is hosting some shared folders and plex w/ a very large collection. It has 5 x 8TB drives in it. For whatever reason, it's no longer working (lightning, gremlins, ghosts, take your pick). Anyway, because of the insurance claim, I'm thinking of moving to a synology box. I'm almost 100% sure the HDDs are not damaged, and assuming that they aren't, is it possible to put them in and continue on w/o problems, in a synology box? I think mine is based off the DS3615xs (which i think is end of life??). I was looking at either the replacement of the 3615, the DS3617xs OR the DS1817+. Does anyone have any experience with this or suggestions? I'm not opposed with either.