Compatible Hard Drives

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Hi

I have a QNAP TS451+

Currently it has four Seagate 14TB HHD

One has failed and I want to replace it with a 16TB .

I know that it will be treated as a 14TB drive in RAID , but if all the other 3 fails , then all will be replaced with 16TB drives

I have checked the NAS QNAP compatibility list , and all the drive model numbers that I want to use are not available in the UK

I don’t want to spend about £700 on a HDD only to find that it is not compatible , chance that the drive will not work . I have already made one mistake already and have a drive that the NAS does not like !!!

Any thoughts please

I have created a support ticket , but so far have not received a reply

thanks

Steve

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Just about any hard drive is compatible. The compatibility list simply means that QNAP has tested it.

There are some types of hard drives that work better than others, particularly for NAS use. Here’s an article from Western Digital:

https://blog.westerndigital.com/wd-red-nas-drives/

So some drives are better but just about any modern drive will work fine.

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Buy from a place with a 30 day (or more) return policy. It should be fine as @NA9D says, but it is always good to have a backup plan (i.e. return option).

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Hello,

Could you confirm the type of RAID you are using ?
Could you be more precise on the model and brand of all your hard drives ( 14 and 16 TB) ?

Thank you

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Hi

My TS451+ is using RAID5

I currently have four 14TB HDD , but one has failed

Serial numbers of the 14TB drives , they are all Seagate

ST14000NM000J-2TX103

ST14000NM001G-2KJ103

ST14000NM001G-2KJ103 - FAILED

ST14000NM001G-2KJ103

I dont yet have a 16TB drive , because the cpompatibility list from QNAP is so out of date that the listed rives are not available

I want to add a 16TB for this failed HDD , and realise that it will be seen as 14TB , but each failure will be changed to 16TB

hope this helps

Steve

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OK - Like I said - you can use just about any hard drive that is on the market - especially if you buy a hard drive designed for NAS use. Stay away from the “cheaper” models, but the WD Red drives are good or the Seagate Iron Wolf drives are good, etc. I’m very partial to HGST drives. Anything made for servers or NAS are great.

Just make sure they are SATA interface not SAS.

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Agréé with Nad

Curently on my Ts 453 i have 2 western digital and 2 seagate. All are specific for Nas so with a long live time even if we are never sure that we can face an hardware issue. If you use sata drive check that there are specific to run on a Nas 7/7 24/24. It’s more expensive but with m’y expérience after more than 8 years and 2 Naps change no Problem and still keep thé data until each Nas change.

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sadly I bought a Seagate 14TG ST14000NM021 , and this is showing as 2 drives of 6.37TB each and a warning telling me that the drive is unsuitable for rebuilding the RAID group

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Word of warning, stay away from Exos drives, too many fakes around (Chia coin returns with manipulated SMART values)

These dual actuator drives were suppsed to be made compatible afaik..there was a topic in the old forums.