> The only way I could get data off their proprietary SHR system (which is great, except when the HW breaks) would've been to buy a new Synology system, put the

> The only way I could get data off their proprietary SHR system (which is great, except when the HW breaks) would've been to buy a new Synology system, put the drives there and pray it works out of the box. First, https://kb.synology.com/en-global/DSM/tutorial/How_can_I_recover_data_from_my_DiskStation_using_a_PC https://kb.synology.com/en-global/DSM/tutorial/How_can_I_rec... It's just mdadm and lvm. Second, putting drives in a new NAS isn't hoping it works. It's an official and supported upgrade path, https://kb.synology.com/en-global/DSM/tutorial/How_to_migrate_between_Synology_NAS_DSM_6_0_HDD https://kb.synology.com/en-global/DSM/tutorial/How_to_migrat... In case it helps in the future.