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Sly_Raskal
Oct 31, 2016Guide
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. ...
kohdee
Feb 08, 2017NETGEAR Expert
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
Feb 09, 2017Aspirant
doesn't that defeat the purpose of "toolless"? And it is not easy to remove the frame.
- mdgm-ntgrFeb 09, 2017NETGEAR Employee Retired
Well it is a workaround so that you can use these disks with the tray and the screws you already have.
- baeckergFeb 09, 2017Aspirant
Will Netgear provide an updated tray in the future?
- mdgm-ntgrApr 21, 2018NETGEAR Employee Retired
baeckerg wrote:
Will Netgear provide an updated tray in the future?
As the newer high capacity disks with the different layout are becoming more affordable and as more users are ready to expand their volumes with higher capacity disks I understand that this will be a concern for some, but you can follow these instructions for inserting High Capacity Disks into the Old Style Tray for OS6 units.
Newly built OS6 units ship with a redesigned tray that will work toolless with new high capacity disks. This tray is backwards compatible with older OS6 units. Please note that OS6 trays won't fit in legacy units that shipped with RAIDiator firmware.
- StephenBFeb 09, 2017Guru - Experienced User
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.
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