I took a risk and purchased 4 x 6TB Seagate Ironwolf drives, Model #ST6000VN0041 and unfortunately the mounting holes for the disks are not matched with the trays that come with the ReadyNAS 314. Now I need to decide if I wish to ... Sand down the 2nd pin and only mount the drives using one screw and hope that the drives don't have any issues with the ReadyNAS OSReturn the drives and go with something else.Pictures speak for themselves.... You can see by the lines I've drawn that the drives don't have the customary holes in the locations that most other drives do, and so they don't line up with the ReadyNAS tray: In addition, the black tray holder has two pins that slot into the screw holes on the sides of the drive, one pin lines up, but the other has not corresponding screw hole in the drive to use: Tray pins: Missing hole in drive for 2nd pin on tray:

Maybe vote for the idea here: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Idea-Exchange-for-ReadyNAS/Update-Disk-Trays-to-handle-newer-disks/idi-p/1166908#M692 (proposing a modified tray design to solve these problems in the future).

Looks like the Netgear has added a pair of mounting holes to the bottom of the tray (near the latch). It looks like these are positioned where the Ironwolf would need them. The RN526X tray is on the right, the older tray (from my RN102) is on the left. It's be great if there were a way for current NAS owners to buy the new tray.

baeckerg wrote: doesn't that defeat the purpose of "toolless"? And it is not easy to remove the frame. It isn't difficult to remove the inserts, and it's not something you'd touch very often. You'd also need to remove them to use a 2.5" SSD. baeckerg wrote: Will Netgear provide an updated tray in the future? Vote for the idea here (click on the uparrow), and add a comment that you'd like to see the updated trays available for purchase. https://community.netgear.com/t5/Idea-Exchange-for-ReadyNAS/Update-Disk-Trays-to-handle-newer-disks/idi-p/1166908#M692

I went ahead and sanded down two of the pins on one disk tray and mounted a hard disk, went through system setup which included a system update to the latest firmware (6.6.0), and so far things appear to be running smooth. Going to attempt installing the remaining three drives to expand storage.

I did the same thing, I just clipped the "offending" nubs off.

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Sly_Raskal

Guide

Oct 31, 2016

Seagate 6TB Ironwolf (ST6000VN0041) Incompatible with ReadyNAS disk trays

I took a risk and purchased 4 x 6TB Seagate Ironwolf drives, Model #ST6000VN0041 and unfortunately the mounting holes for the disks are not matched with the trays that come with the ReadyNAS 314.

Now I need to decide if I wish to ...

Sand down the 2nd pin and only mount the drives using one screw and hope that the drives don't have any issues with the ReadyNAS OS
Return the drives and go with something else.

Pictures speak for themselves....

You can see by the lines I've drawn that the drives don't have the customary holes in the locations that most other drives do, and so they don't line up with the ReadyNAS tray:

In addition, the black tray holder has two pins that slot into the screw holes on the sides of the drive, one pin lines up, but the other has not corresponding screw hole in the drive to use:

Tray pins:

Missing hole in drive for 2nd pin on tray:

Hard Disk

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Sly_Raskal
Guide
Oct 31, 2016
I went ahead and sanded down two of the pins on one disk tray and mounted a hard disk, went through system setup which included a system update to the latest firmware (6.6.0), and so far things appear to be running smooth.

Going to attempt installing the remaining three drives to expand storage.
- Laserbait
  Luminary
  Nov 06, 2016
  I did the same thing, I just clipped the "offending" nubs off.
  - StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    Nov 06, 2016
    Maybe vote for the idea here: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Idea-Exchange-for-ReadyNAS/Update-Disk-Trays-to-handle-newer-disks/idi-p/1166908#M692 (proposing a modified tray design to solve these problems in the future).
kohdee
NETGEAR Expert
Feb 08, 2017
The plastic insert on tool-less trays comes out, so you didn't have to clip the plastic tray to fit the drive in, widthwise.
- baeckerg
  Aspirant
  Feb 09, 2017
  doesn't that defeat the purpose of "toolless"? And it is not easy to remove the frame.
  - mdgm-ntgr
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    Feb 09, 2017
    Well it is a workaround so that you can use these disks with the tray and the screws you already have.