Can I use a WD Red 6TB hard drive with this?
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MANUFACTURER ANSWER: Thanks for asking. Yes that drive will work just fine in this docking station.
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Hello,Yes.http://science.opposingviews.com/use-external-wd-hard-drive-ps3-10640.html
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Yes. You'll have to go to the WD website to get.instructions on how to format it using Disk Utility. Not hard, but not plug and play.Hope this helps. Cheers,Steve
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Can use any, but since it's a NAS, it's probably more advisable to use ones that are optimized for repeated read/writes, a la WD Reds.
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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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The Synology website says that 6TB drives are supported. Check the drive that you are planning on getting with their list to be sure.
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Here is a link to a review that does a comparison: http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/5790/nas-hdd-showdown-wd-red-vs-seagate-nas/index.html
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Has been working fine currently with 4 x WD Red 3 TB NAS Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, SATA, RAID, ESXI 5. The spec should be on HP support site http://h20565.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/psi/home/?cc=us〈=en&sp4ts.oi;d=5379860&ac.admitted;=1397833615906.876444892.492883150
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Check the compatability at synolgy.com, there are plenty of 6TB drives on the list. https://www.synology.com/en-us/compatibility/hd/DS713+
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The WD Red can be used as a standard drive. The WD Red is a standard SATA drive optimized for NAS operation, but it will work just like any other hard drive.
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Yes, you can put up to 3 units of WD Red 3TB NAS Hard Drives in the Lenovo ThinkServer TS140, in a RAID configuration.
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Dear Sir,This is Millie from ORICO.I am so sorry for the trouble that we had made.this enclosure support 6TB drive.Please contact ORICO Customer Care Center for Firmware update.Kind regards,Millie
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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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I've had the best luck in any NAS or NAS-type device (home-built PC utilized as a NAS) with the WD-Red drives. Any other 2-4TB drives I've tried have failed within the first 12 months of use. If this is going to be a 7x24 device, then I highly recommend spending the little bit extra for the Red series - they have better vibration isolation for multiple drive installations and always-on access. Drive failures were drastically reduced once I switched over to Red drives - this is across three different NAS devices, different vendors (Thecus, WD, and home-built).
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I don't see why not. I'm running two new WD Blue 1TB drives (striped) and they work fine.
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I don't have that hard drive but my HD doesn't work with the hub so I suspect yours probably will not work either. The HD is one of the few things that doesn't work.
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I'm using 5 of these... WD Red 3TB NAS Desktop Hard Disk Drive - Intellipower SATA 6 Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD30EFRXI've had no problems out of them since installing back in June (2013). I think you can format up to 10GB of usable space with Synology's RAID "method".I'm using the DS710+ as my main NAS controller. It has an additional 2x 2TB drives installed in it. I have the entire system connected to an APC UPS via the USB connector. Pretty much all automated shutdown/recover in case of power failure.Bill I'm using 5 of these... WD Red 3TB NAS Desktop Hard Disk Drive - Intellipower SATA 6 Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD30EFRXI've had no problems out of them since installing back in June (2013). I think you can format up to 10GB of usable space with Synology's RAID "method".I'm using the DS710+ as my main NAS controller. It has an additional 2x 2TB drives installed in it. I have the entire system connected to an APC UPS via the USB connector. Pretty much all automated shutdown/recover in case of power... » Read More I'm using 5 of these... WD Red 3TB NAS Desktop Hard Disk Drive - Intellipower SATA 6 Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD30EFRXI've had no problems out of them since installing back in June (2013). I think you can format up to 10GB of usable space with Synology's RAID "method".I'm using the DS710+ as my main NAS controller. It has an additional 2x 2TB drives installed in it. I have the entire system connected to an APC UPS via the USB connector. Pretty much all automated shutdown/recover in case of power failure.Bill « Show Less