I have 8 3.5" sata disks. What more do I have to purchase to be able to put all 8 in this server as deliveredy by you? Thanks
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You can either purchase the very expensive drives from Lenovo which includes the drive caddys. Or you can buy an off the shelf 3.5" drive (e.g., Seagate), then try to find a drive cage caddy specific for the Lenovo Server. Lenovo sells the caddys alone for about $100 (but you have to call them as this is not something they advertise for sale on their website). I also found an aftermarket seller that has these drive caddy available for about $46. They are MI9.
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http://www.pcconnection.com/product/lenovo-thinkserver-3.5-hot-swap-hard-drive-expansion-kit-for-tower/4xf0g45888/17833762?cac=Result
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I think you want: Lenovo 03X3703 TS440 3.5" HDD CageI've been researching this and i think you would then need a " discrete RAID adapter for SATA/SAS" in order to manage the additional drive caddy.
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/111223333659?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649best price i could find on these trays - $29 per tray
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I think you want: Lenovo 03X3703 TS440 3.5" HDD Cage I've been researching this and i think you would then need a " discrete RAID adapter for SATA/SAS" in order to manage the additional drive caddy.
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It came with 4 with mine sata drives but it might be different with your configuration
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I put 5 each 3tb WD Red drives in my Thecus and set up a RAID 6. I think you can use any number of drives of any size. Just keep in mind that if you use RAID it will only be a percentage of the smallest drive in the array.
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Their website indicates that there are a pair of SATA III 7200 drives in the product. I don't know about swapping them out for other drives.
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Yep. No problem. I did, I actually did a SATA Raid with 2 HDD's plus a DVD drive
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If you are purchasing the server with 4TB of hard drive it should already be installed. If you just purchased the server you will need to purchase drives separately and install them in the server. You CAN connect additional drives externally if you like but at least one internal drive is required before you go to external drives. By the way you do not have to start with 4TB. You can start with any size drives assuming they are SATA drives until you max out the server capacity. Hope that helps.
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It appears that the particular model you are asking about comes in two different versions of the drive bays. One holds up to eight 2.5" drives or one that holds up to six 3.5" drives, so you would want to first confirm that you have the version that accepts the 2.5" drives. (otherwise it would make more sense to buy the 3.5" drives). Secondly, you will need a drive caddy to mount the drive in. If you are replacing an existing disk, you can reuse the existing drive caddy. Otherwise, most servers have the unused drive slots filled with an empty filler plate. The vendor of the machine prefers you purchase one of their disk "options" that includes a drive already in a caddy. However, you can purchase them separately here: http://www.amazon.com/Drive-Caddy-Compaq-Proliant-ML330/dp/B004EISU6K Otherwise the drive should fit and work properly in your server.
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Minimum RAID 5 configuration is 3 equal disks, I think you can add or replace one and regenerate RAID configuration again, but don't risk your data, since my data is more costly that the 4th disk value, I would prefer to buy max configuration to avoid surprises
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Any SATA drives will work, but I would recommend using the same drives in both bays.
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I have 4 Western Digital Red 3TB drives in mine. It has been running non-stop since I bought it. The best investment I've made in computer hardware in long time. Segate and Western digital will both work in it. Not sure if differnt size drives will work though.
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I have 3 TB drives in a raid 5 configuration. No issues yet. We use it primarily for time machine backups.
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Based on the Synology RAID calculator you should have 12TB of usable space and 6TB of parity (http://www.synology.com/en-us/support/RAID_calculator)Adding 3 x 3TB drives would give you 18TB of usable space and 6TB of parity
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All SATA is backward compatible AFAIK. I think that's why Seagate doesn't mention it in their specs. I've never had a problem -- I'm using two of these (3GB each) in a NAS that only supports 3gbs.
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There are (5) Sata-3.0, 6gb. connections available. And it is possible to have (5) 3.5 hard-drives.
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I am about to install a 6TB drive so I will let you know if I am successful but according to intel, it should be fine. The support of your HDD depends on the RAID card. This is a RAID expander and is only meant to extend an existing RAID controllers capacity of HDDs. This does not create a RAID array.UPDATE: I have installed my 6TB WD Red HDD and have no issues. Simply plugged it in, turned on my server, and it showed up in my OS (Linux Mint 17.1) without any issues. No configuration needed. Just plug and play.
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There are four internal 3.5" drive bays. There is, additionally, a 5.25" external drive bay that isn't used that some people use to hook up additional disks with an adapter. 4TB disks work in this system, if your operating system supports them. I've been particularly happy with WD Red disks in this chassis.
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I am about to install a 6TB drive so I will let you know if I am successful but according to intel, it should be fine. The support of your HDD depends on the RAID card. This is a RAID expander and is only meant to extend an existing RAID controllers capacity of HDDs. This does not create a RAID array. UPDATE: I have installed my 6TB WD Red HDD and have no issues. Simply plugged it in, turned on my server, and it showed up in my OS (Linux Mint 17.1) without any issues. No configuration needed. Just plug and play.