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mopgcw

Aspirant

Sep 06, 2015

ULTRASTAR HE8 8TB

FWIW, these have been running fine for two weeks now in a 716..model: HUH728080ALE600 / 0F23267

Hard Disk

mdgm-ntgr

NETGEAR Employee Retired

Sep 07, 2015

Nice.

Did the drives fit fine in the drive trays or did you have to leave a tab out or modify the tray to get the drive to fit?

Do note that if you run into issues using drives outside the compatibility list then support may refuse to help. So if you are using the NAS for primary storage it is even more important than it would be otherwise to backup your data regularly.

mopgcw
Aspirant
Sep 07, 2015
i had to remove the black plastic interior guide of the tray, but then they fit right in.
- mdgm-ntgr
  NETGEAR Employee Retired
  Sep 07, 2015
  mopgcw wrote:
  i had to remove the black plastic interior guide of the tray
  
  Unfortunately with that limitation I don't think we can qualify them. We need disks to fit into the tray to be able to qualify them.
  - StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    Sep 07, 2015
    mdgm wrote:
    
    mopgcw wrote:
    i had to remove the black plastic interior guide of the tray
    
    Unfortunately with that limitation I don't think we can qualify them. We need disks to fit into the tray to be able to qualify them.
    
    Too bad really, as they are the only 8 TB drive suitable for NAS. They are pricy though, so I don't think many users would consider them.