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brendan87
Oct 06, 2015Aspirant
Supported Drive wont physically fit inside my readynas204???
I paid a little more to get the 'Seagate ST6000NM0024 6TB SATA drive' because it was on the compatible drive list (link at bottom) and it wont physically fit inside my readynas 204 (RN204). The hot...
- Oct 08, 2015
The WD60EFRX does not have this problem.
brendan87
Oct 08, 2015Aspirant
Yes but still defeats the purpose of it being hot swappable. Just would have thought a note would be added to that compatibility list, that you lose the ability of the drive being hot swappable. Anyways thanks guys
- StephenBOct 08, 2015Guru - Experienced User
brendan87 wrote:
Yes but still defeats the purpose of it being hot swappable....No. It remains hot-swappable, it is just not tool-less. You still don't need to shut down the NAS when replacing or adding a drive.
...Just would have thought a note would be added to that compatibility list ...I agree there should be a note (and a revision made to the next hardware manual). But all it needs to say is that you need to remove the plastic mounting bracket and attach the disk to the tray with screws.
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