Will this work with WD 4 TB red drives? That is, can I put in two x 4TB drives for 8 TB of physical disk storage? Please discuss MBR and GPT. TYVM.
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careful -- 2x 4TB in Raid 0 would mean total data loss in the event of 1 disk failure. You are essentially doubling your chances of complete data loss. You are far better to use RAID1 (even though it gets you just 4TB of disk storage), or get a different NAS to add multiple drives (3x 4TB in RAID5 = 8TB, or 4x 3TB = 9TB) so that you can have redundancy. MTBF shrinks when you get into bigger disks... and then doubling that risk by using them in RAID0 is asking for danger. Now, if you were just going to set up two separate 4TB drives, then that wouldn't be as big of a deal. Still no redundancy, but at least failure on one disk doesn't mean data loss on both.
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Hi, I already have the NAS with 2 x WD Red 4TB with out any problem. I think that for using all the space like just one partition, you need to go to the manual or Synology web page. They have a good step by step tutorial to setup the storage in different ways. I'm using Synology hibryd raid, that is like mirroring.
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careful -- 2x 4TB in Raid 0 would mean total data loss in the event of 1 disk failure. You are essentially doubling your chances of complete data loss. You are far better to use RAID1 (even though it gets you just 4TB of disk storage), or get a different NAS to add multiple drives (3x 4TB in RAID5 = 8TB, or 4x 3TB = 9TB) so that you can have redundancy. MTBF shrinks when you get into bigger disks... and then doubling that risk by using them in RAID0 is asking for danger. Now, if you were just going to set up two separate 4TB drives, then that wouldn't be as big of a deal. Still no redundancy, but at least failure on one disk doesn't mean data loss on both. careful -- 2x 4TB in Raid 0 would mean total data loss in the event of 1 disk failure. You are essentially doubling your chances of complete data loss. You are far better to use RAID1 (even though it gets you just 4TB of disk storage), or get a different NAS to add multiple drives (3x 4TB in RAID5 = 8TB, or 4x 3TB = 9TB) so that you can have redundancy. MTBF shrinks when you get into bigger disks... and then doubling that risk by using them in RAID0 is asking for danger. Now, if you were just going to set up two separate 4TB drives, then that wouldn't be as big of a deal. Still no... » Read More careful -- 2x 4TB in Raid 0 would mean total data loss in the event of 1 disk failure. You are essentially doubling your chances of complete data loss. You are far better to use RAID1 (even though it gets you just 4TB of disk storage), or get a different NAS to add multiple drives (3x 4TB in RAID5 = 8TB, or 4x 3TB = 9TB) so that you can have redundancy. MTBF shrinks when you get into bigger disks... and then doubling that risk by using them in RAID0 is asking for danger. Now, if you were just going to set up two separate 4TB drives, then that wouldn't be as big of a deal. Still no redundancy, but at least failure on one disk doesn't mean data loss on both. « Show Less
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Yes. The populated version comes with WD Red drives. Should read that in the description.
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I am migrating to the WD Red drives. I have the 3 TB versions and will start using the 4 TB versions as I upgrade. I had Seagate Barracuda 2 TB ST2000DM001's installed and they have been failing VERY consistently. I deployed the Seagate's at work in a DS1511+ and have had similar issues with them there. I am replacing them with WD Reds. I wanted the higher spindle speed of the Seagate's but to have them failing so much I'm never using them again. Thankfully I recovered before we had a catastrophic failure.
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Yes. I have Four 4TB drives in mine and hey all work fine. Drives must be partitioned as GPT (which is nothing unusual) in order to see all the available space.
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Honestly, I only have 2 2TB drives installed and never had any problems since I first bought it! I don't see why it should not support 2 6TB drives! Hope this helps!
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This WILL work with drives larger than 3TB. I have one of the new 8TB SeaGate drives in one and it works perfectly.
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Bought mine in Aug 2014, loaded 8 WD Red 4TB drives into without issue, I can't image there being a problem with the 6 TB drives.
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I have not tried 5TB, I am using 4TB at the moment. I don't see why it wouldn't take 5TB drives. If you are using Windows, you should partition them in GPT format. Mac wouldn't have a problem either. Hope this answer your questions
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from what i've read, it can handle up to 15tb....i'm running 5 (3TB) wd reds for 15tb.....might have to research that.
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Yes, I'm running the 8tb version and it has the full 8tb, but for some reason I think the device used the first drive closes to the power button first for storage in this setup, but yes it works!
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Not sure, I placed 2 2TB drives for a 4TB total and the unit performs fine. Very happy with the unit. Perhaps check the website to see what the approved drives it will accept.
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Yes it will work. I'm using it in this configuration with 2 Seagate 6TB drive. Seems like you will have full speed up to 4 drives then half of it up to 8 drives.
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Yes it can take 4TB hard drives if you update the firmware. You can update the firmware without having any drives in it. It can take all sata drives and even SSDs. Use western digital red for storage (5400 RPM) or black for speed (7200 RPM).
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Works fine w/1 TB every time, but will not do anything with a 4 tb. Tried different hd, different systems, different usb. No response with the larger drive.
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I do not use the WD 4TB RE HDD --- I do use the WD 2TB RE HDD. The 2TB drive I use is connected via a SATA connection. I'm not sure I understand the question regarding the SATA connection on the drive. If you are trying to use the HDD with a port multiplier it may be that the size (storage capacity) of the HDD is limited by the port multiplier. Since the WD RE drives are designed to be used in servers I doubt that there would be a problem using the HDD with a port multiplier, assuming that the port multiplier is not limited to a smaller capacity drive.
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I tested it with two different 4TB drives: the WD Red 40EFRX and the WD RE WD4000FYYZ. First the Red: this model has a design flaw which causes it to load/unload the heads continuously, basically grinding the drive down to an early death. Other than that minor inconvenience, the Red works fine. The WD4000FYYZ: this drive generates a lot of heat and should not be used in an enclosure that doesn't have a fan. Other than that, it works fine as well.
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The 4TB version has 2-2TB drives hence 4TB. That is in RAID 0 format. If you setup RAID 1 you only have 2TB usable.Good luck