### Unverified 3rd party drive limitations and unoffical solutions
| Action | Works | Result | Solution |
| Action | Works | Result | Solution |
|--------|--------------|--------|----------|
|--------|--------------|--------|----------|
| Setup the NAS with Synology drives | yes | | |
| Setup the NAS with Synology drives | yes | | |
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| Create a cache with 3rd party SSDs | **No!** | | Use Synology HDD db |
| Create a cache with 3rd party SSDs | **No!** | | Use Synology HDD db |
| Delete and create storage pool on migrated 3rd party drive(s) | **No!** | | See <ahref="#deleting-and-recreating-your-storage-pool-on-unverified-hdds">Recreating storage pool</a> |
| Delete and create storage pool on migrated 3rd party drive(s) | **No!** | | See <ahref="#deleting-and-recreating-your-storage-pool-on-unverified-hdds">Recreating storage pool</a> |
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### Setting up a new 2025 or later plus model with only unverified HDDs
### Setting up a new 2025 or later plus model with only unverified HDDs
Credit to Alex_of_Chaos on reddit
Credit to Alex_of_Chaos on reddit
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9. If Storage Manager is already open close then open it, or refresh the web page.
9. If Storage Manager is already open close then open it, or refresh the web page.
10. You can now create your storage pool from Storage Manager.
10. You can now create your storage pool from Storage Manager.
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### Deleting and recreating your storage pool on unverified HDDs
### Deleting and recreating your storage pool on unverified HDDs