Easily switch between SHR and RAID Groups, or enable RAID F1
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Synology SHR switch

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Description

Easily switch between SHR and RAID Groups, or enable RAID-F1

  • Allows you to enable RAID-F1 on Synology consumer NAS models that don't have RAID-F1 as an option.
  • Allows you to switch between SHR and RAID Groups.
  • The script backs up the original settings so it can restore them later if needed.

Note: RAID Groups only support RAID 5, RAID 6 and RAID F1

Download the script

  1. Download the latest version Source code (zip) from https://github.com/007revad/Synology_SHR_Switch/releases
  2. Save the download zip file to a folder on the Synology.
  3. Unzip the zip file.

How to run the script

Run the script via SSH

How to enable SSH and login to DSM via SSH

sudo -s /volume1/scripts/syno_shr_switch.sh

Note: Replace /volume1/scripts/ with the path to where the script is located.

Options:

  -c, --check      Check the currently set RAID type
  -h, --help       Show this help message
  -v, --version    Show the script version

Screenshots

DS1821+ with RAID-F1

Check currently set RAID type

Enable RAID-F1

Switch to SHR

Switch to RAID Groups

Restore from the backup