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Is Seagate 8TB NAS HDD SATA 6Gb/s NCQ 256 MB Cache Bare Drive ST8000VN0002 compatible?
ReadyNAS 316, OS 6.5.0
I have seen the post talking about the Western Digital new 8TB Red HDD but I just noticed Amazon has the Seagate 8TB NAS HDD SATA 6Gb/s NCQ 256 MB Cache Bare Drive ST8000...
The ST6000VN0001 is on the HCL, so I think there's good reason to think the 8 TB model will work as well.
The larger drives sometimes have non-standard mounting, so you might google for that. The WD 8 TB shifted the screw hole positions on the bottom, but not on the side - so there was no issue. My guess is that Seagate did that too, but its probably worth checking.
Netgear might deny support of course. But I suspect they will add the 8 TB models shortly.
Hi DJDOC,
Our ReadyNAS units will accept any standard SATA HDD but using the ones that are not listed in our HCL comes with a risk. Anyway, a positive feedback is found on this thread and you should be able to install this HDD on your system.
Kind regards,
BrianL
NETGEAR Community TeamCampus has me a bit scared but I'm going through with it. I'm almost out of space!
There are other 8TB disks out there e.g. from WD.
Thank you for your information. I am still going to buy it although Campus gave it a thumbs down. I'll let you know how it went. Thanks!
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