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ReadyNAS Ultra 2 - Mixture of HDD size
I bought the system early 2013 with 2 x Seagate Barracuda 2 TB 7200 rpm 64 mb type ST2000DM001. One of the HDD was showing failure messages recently and got succesfully replaced by the same type which I bought as spare 1 year ago.
Now the second HDD is giving the same message, so I need to replace that one as well.
Question 1: As type ST2000DM001 is no longer available, can I replace it by type ST2000DM006 ?
Question 2: Can I mix 2 different sizes i.e. disk 1 = 2 TB and disk 2 = 3 TB ? Then I would in second time replace disk 1= 2 Tb by a 3 TB in order to spread the costs.
Question 3: Can I mix 2 different brands? Would like to switch to Western Digital RED series ?
Thank you for your swift reply.
Regards, Gino
1 Reply
laerg1 wrote:
Question 1: As type ST2000DM001 is no longer available, can I replace it by type ST2000DM006 ?
Seagate Ironwolf and WDC Reds are better choices. Both are intended for NAS use.
laerg1 wrote:Question 3: Can I mix 2 different brands? Would like to switch to Western Digital RED series ?
Yes.
laerg1 wrote:Question 2: Can I mix 2 different sizes i.e. disk 1 = 2 TB and disk 2 = 3 TB ? Then I would in second time replace disk 1= 2 Tb by a 3 TB in order to spread the costs.
Yes, but you won't see any increase in capacity until you upgrade both drives.
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