What drives should I use in my TS 412?

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morrosis
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What drives should I use in my TS 412?

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I hit an issue last night with my Raid that both topics have been closed, one I can understand for multi-post but the other, simply closing due to using a certain type of hard drive that is listed as compatible on the offical page threw me. So if that is the case, I guess I need to replace my hard drive before I do it this time I need to know, what drives should I be using then if the compatibility list doesn't seem to be the one to follow.

What do I need, 4 x 4tb drives

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Western Digital WD Red 4TB WD40EFRX?

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Another thing, if these drives are not to be used, why then are they listed as approved?
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Re: What drives should I use in my TS 412?

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You would have to ask QNAP why they are on the list.

WD REDS and Hitachi HGST drives are recommended. Anything on the list except the DM drives are ok.
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Re: What drives should I use in my TS 412?

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Any NAS or enterprise rated drive should be OK (WD RED are fine)

Just make sure that the overall Volume size is not larger than 16TB (legacy volumes do not support that)

The 412 is very old so probably QNAP does not update lists anymore for EOL devices (So they left incompatible DM drives on it)
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Re: What drives should I use in my TS 412?

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Don wrote:You would have to ask QNAP why they are on the list.

WD REDS and Hitachi HGST drives are recommended. Anything on the list except the DM drives is ok.
OK thanks, Don, if the WD reds are fine I will grab two WD40EFRX, and replace the current Seagate ones.
dolbyman wrote:Any NAS or enterprise rated drive should be OK (WD RED are fine)

Just make sure that the overall Volume size is not larger than 16TB (legacy volumes do not support that)

The 412 is very old so probably QNAP does not update lists anymore for EOL devices (So they left incompatible DM drives on it)
Yeah, I will get two new wd red WD40EFRX which are on the list, stick them in raid 1, like my current setup and when I can get another two and change to a raid 5 giving me 12tb of space which is heaps for me.
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