@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ ### Unverified 3rd party drive limitations and unoffical solutions
| Action | Works | Result | Solution |
|--------|--------------|--------|----------|
| Setup the NAS with Synology drives | yes | | |
| Setup the NAS with 3rd party SSDs | yes | Lots of warnings | Use [Synology HDD db](https://github.com/007revad/Synology_HDD_db) |
| Setup the NAS with 3rd party SSDs | yes | Lots of warnings | Remove warnings with [Synology HDD db](https://github.com/007revad/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 | Use [Synology HDD db](https://github.com/007revad/Synology_HDD_db) |
| Migrate unverified 3rd party drives and NVMe cache from other Synology | yes | Lots of warnings | Use [Synology HDD db](https://github.com/007revad/Synology_HDD_db) |
| Migrate unverified 3rd party drives from other Synology | yes | Lots of warnings | Remove warnings with [Synology HDD db](https://github.com/007revad/Synology_HDD_db) |
| Migrate unverified 3rd party drives and NVMe cache from other Synology | yes | Lots of warnings | Remove warnings with [Synology HDD db](https://github.com/007revad/Synology_HDD_db) |
| Replace migrated 3rd party drives with 3rd party drives | **No!** | | Use [Synology HDD db](https://github.com/007revad/Synology_HDD_db) |
| Gradually replace migrated 3rd party drives with Synology drives | yes | Lots of warnings until all 3rd party drives replaced | Use [Synology HDD db](https://github.com/007revad/Synology_HDD_db) See [Migration and Drive Replacement](https://github.com/007revad/Synology_HDD_db/discussions/468#discussioncomment-13086639) |
| Expand migrated 3rd party storage pool with 3rd party drives | **No!** | | Use [Synology HDD db](https://github.com/007revad/Synology_HDD_db) |