Seagate ST3000DM001

chirpa wrote:
That is generally the case. The Duo/NV+ share components, just like the Ultra/Pro series are similar. Usually if it passes on one model, it will the rest. But some may have a chipset off by one when going from a 2 channel to 6/12 channel, so the other models still need some review to confirm it.

Overall, especially in this day and age of hard drive shortages and high prices I don't think one can over estimate the importance of drives, their prices and availability. In a lot of cases the user will be spending more for their drives than their NAS and they will be much harder to come by. I know in my case I passed on the NAS several times because I couldn't find supported drives at my local Fry's (and their stock is usually pretty deep).

As an end-user it's very frustrating to see a total of 3 different 3TB drives approved for my model. I can't help but think how many people just like myself passed several times. Or even worse went to the dark side (another manufacturer). I noticed one has over 150 drives approved versus 21 (here).