- You can migrate a storage pool on unverifed 3rd party HDDs from another Synology.
- You can setup the NAS with a Synology HDD or with a 3rd party SSD.
- **Offically** you cannot install DSM with only unverified 3rd party HDDs. Unoffically we can...
- **Offically** you cannot create a storage pool with only unverified 3rd party HDDs. Unoffically we can...
| Action | Works | Result | Solution |
|--------|--------------|--------|----------|
| Setup the NAS with Synology drives | yes | | |
| Setup the NAS with 3rd party SSDs | yes | Lots of warnings | Synology HDD db |
| Setup the NAS with unverified 3rd party HDDs | **No!** | | See <ahref="#setting-up-a-new-2025-or-later-plus-model-with-only-unverified-hdds">Setup with unverifed HDDs</a> |
| Migrate unverified 3rd party drives from other Synology | yes | Lots of warnings | Synology HDD db |
| Replace migrated 3rd party drives with 3rd party drives | **No!** | | Synology HDD db |
| Expand migrated 3rd party storage pool with 3rd party drives | **No!** | | Synology HDD db |
| Use 3rd party drive as hot spare | **No!** | | Synology HDD db |
| Create a cache with 3rd party SSDs | **No!** | | 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> |
### Setting up a new 2025 or later plus model with only unverified HDDs