| Setup the NAS with Synology drive(s) | yes | | |
| Setup the NAS with 3rd party SSD(s) | yes | Lots of warnings | Synology HDD db |
| Migrate 3rd party drives from other Synology | yes | Lots of warnings | Synology HDD db |
| Replace migrated 3rd party drive(s) with 3rd party drive(s) | **No!** | | Synology HDD db |
| Expand migrated 3rd party storage pool with 3rd party drive(s) | **No!** | | Synology HDD db |
| Use 3rd party drive as hot spare | **No!** | | Synology HDD db |
| Create a cache with 3rd party SSD(s) | **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> |
On 2025 series or later Plus models:
- 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.