planning purchasing two Western Digital 4 TB WD Red SATA III 5400 RPM M NAS Hard Drive WD40EFRX. Do I need cables, mounting hardware?
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Nope. The DiskStation has built-in bays to support the hard drives and a riser board that they connect directly to. The DiskStation also comes with screws to secure the drives in place. I did not need any additional hardware.
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Everything is included with the Synology to mount standard 3.5 inch SATA drives. I used WD 3 TB Red drives in my box.
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I can't comment on drive compatibility but no, you will not need mounting screws. You don't need cables as the drive slides into place and engages the SATA connection and power connection directly without the need for a cable. If the link below doesn't come through, go to the Synology website and look in the download section under the product and under the "Documents" section, you can download the quick start guide that shows you everything. http://ukdl.synology.com/download/ds/QIG/x13-series/DS213j/Syno_QIG_2bay4_enu.pdf
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Eric, No, you don't need any cables or mounting hardware. Everything is in the Synology enclosure. Essentially, you just slide the drives in. BYW, the DS 213j is terrific. I upgraded from DS 212 and it is much faster. Good luck
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I have the 2TB version of the Red drive and found it incredibly easy to install. The drives slides into the unit and plugs into a board mounted power/data header so no separate cables are needed. I needed nothing but my own screws and that is probably because I lost the Synology ones.
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I used it as an external drive. Even if you can take the HD out, you still need a sata connecting cable ($8.66 for 2). It has a USB-3 cable which is faster than the conventional USB-2. I wonder why you would pay the price of an external drive and use it as an internal drive, which usually costs less for the same capacity. I bought a WD 4 TB internal drive as D:
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This NAS does not ship with hard drives. You can view a full compatible list here: http://www.qnap.com/i/en/product_x_grade/product_intro.php?g_cat=1&II=117&hf=old I purchased two of these from Amazon Warehouse, and both work flawlessly. WD Red 3 TB NAS Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, SATA III, 64 MB Cache - WD30EFRX
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The short answer is no. Synology includes the reds in the supported drives list of this unit, but WD tells you that reds are supported only for up to 5 drives in one box, due to vibration issues. If you want to be safe, you should use WD SE or RE - these are enterprise grade drives with vibration protection technology, and not much more expensive.
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No cables necessary-- There are mounting trays for each drive which align the drives' connectors with internal plugs.
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Yes, the drivers must be the same size and SATA interface. There are some especific NAS drivers for NAS stations, have a look should be better.
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None...you install the hard drives you want, If you go to their website you can find out a lot of answers. www.bufflaotech.com
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I am using WD Red 3 TB NAS Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, SATA III, 64 MB Cache - WD30EFRX
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I believe a Western Digital drive would work fine. I bought 2 of them for myself.
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The "Western Digital WD 4 TB 3.5-Inch Desktop Performance WDBSLA0040HNC" is a sata hard drive, and there are mounting positions for two 3.5 drive under the 5.25 drive bay. So you can mount two 3.5 drives without using up the 5.25 in bay.As an aside, with adapter it is possible to mount four 2.5 inch laptop drives or SDD drives in those same bays; or you can mix a 3.5 drive and two 2.5 drives - all without using up the 5.25 bay.
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Negative for data cables. It comes with two accessory connectors with 4 sata power cables each (totaling 8) Seemed like pretty high quality cables.
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Everything you need is included with regards to power. They won't leave you out in the cold.As for the SATA cable - none needed. The hard disk (as with all of these) plugs directly into a small control board inside of the enclosure. So, if you have a hard disk, they'll provide all the rest for you to have a working external drive.
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reseller kit comes with cables. Mine has desktop installation kit included: SATA power/data cables, mounting bracket and screws. Then again, that's for desktop and you can't use any of those cables on a laptop.
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No disks are included. I used NAS - specific drives in mine which perform well but you can use standard SATA drives too.
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I would guess with about 99.998% certainty....no. You will need to back up those drives. I'd say preferrably, you will buy all new drives for this or any NAS enclosure you're setting up. HTH.
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Dan, I am successfully using a Western Digital Red 3TB Sata III drive in my IX2 without any issues at all!
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There is no hard drive. I suggest going to Western Digital's website and reading up on the features of this and the other units