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ReadyNAS Pro 6 with 8TB WD Reds
Curious if anyone with a ReadyNAS Pro 6 (Upgraded to OS6), is running WD 8TB Reds?
I'm planning to upgrade my 3TBs over the next few months. Wondering if there are any issues? I did read someth...
Hi oshae
The 8TB WD Reds WD80EFAX should work fine as they are NAS purposed drives. Pro 6 on OS 6 will support this capacity or even higher. Just make sure you get the drive without the 3.3v Pin
The issue with the 3.3v is that Pin 3 does not have any connection so the drive may or may not spin up that is why drives without that feature is not advised.
Hope this helps!
Regards
Hi oshae
The 8TB WD Reds WD80EFAX should work fine as they are NAS purposed drives. Pro 6 on OS 6 will support this capacity or even higher. Just make sure you get the drive without the 3.3v Pin
The issue with the 3.3v is that Pin 3 does not have any connection so the drive may or may not spin up that is why drives without that feature is not advised.
Hope this helps!
Regards
Yes defintiely helpful, thank you! WD80EFAX is what I'm planning to get.
Curious though for the future. Is it the backplane, or the power supply in the Pro 6 that is the issue? Would a power supply upgrade in the Pro 6 fix the issue? In the event that down the line, the only thing available are drives with the 3.3V pin?
Or is the messages essentially, if/when this start happening it's time for a NAS upgrade?
oshae wrote:
In the event that down the line, the only thing available are drives with the 3.3V pin?
It is possible to isolate the pin on the drive with some Kapton (polymide) tape.
If you google "pwdis kapton" and/or "pwdis polymide" you'll see several guides.
It's the backplane that's the issue, But that pin and all 3.3V pins are already floating on a Pro 6, which is what the tape will do. I do not know of any desktop ReadyNAS that has a connection to the 3.3V pins on the SATA backplane.
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