Thanks for your reply. I have read the post before writing. Since you were asking to report for any driver not listed I was not sure if the drive was really tested in raid 1. Please are you able to confirm that it is fully supported so I will be more confident to buy it?
RAID 1 is the out of the box (OOTB) config so my assumption for drives referenced in this thread is that they have been tested and passed this config, or other configs specifically mentioned (RAID 0 or JBOD) .
Hook the drive back up to the computer, go in to disk manager and remove all the partitions on the drive, then put back in the Stora and try again.
Tried that,and do not get it to work.
This is what I have tested: Removed the old partition (disc unallocated) => Not Ok Created a basic disc (Unallocated) => Not Ok Created a logical partition and formatted the disc => Not Ok
You don't want any Windows partitions/filesystems on it - Stora likes to see it clean.
Though that specific drive is not on our list, other WD500 drives are on the list, so I don't see why it shouldn't work.
Is your Stora up to date with the most recent firmware?
Do you have another drive available that the Stora does work with? If so, the only other thng I'd say to attempt, is to boot up with your other drive, while it is up and running, in the web interface under Disk Management, do an eject and remove it (if it lets you), while it is still up and running, then insert the 500GB drive and hopefully you'd get the popup detecting the new drive and it will guide you through the config and formatting.
You don't want any Windows partitions/filesystems on it - Stora likes to see it clean.
Though that specific drive is not on our list, other WD500 drives are on the list, so I don't see why it shouldn't work.
Is your Stora up to date with the most recent firmware?
Do you have another drive available that the Stora does work with? If so, the only other thng I'd say to attempt, is to boot up with your other drive, while it is up and running, in the web interface under Disk Management, do an eject and remove it (if it lets you), while it is still up and running, then insert the 500GB drive and hopefully you'd get the popup detecting the new drive and it will guide you through the config and formatting.
No other ideas at this time.
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Finally I got it to work, maybe I did something wrong yesterday, I didn't access the admin-site for the Stora because I thought that there was something serioulsy wrong since the lamp for the hd was red all the time. At least the lamp is green now.
No I don't have the latest software because I'm not able ti install it, "Software update failed" after applying it.
Does anyone know if the new WD Red range is compatible with the Stora? I was just about to pull the trigger on a 2TB Green but the Red is the same price and would seem to be the more sensible choice.
The Stora isn't listed on WD's compatibility list of tested NAS devices for the Red range.
We're talking about a 99% probability that it will be fine.
I will go back to the words off of the retail box when I purchased mine "any SATA drive from any manufacturer".
Earlier last year, when drives were cheap, I was purchasing lots of 1TB models from a variety of manufacturers. Every time I picked up a new one, I'd throw it in to the Stora upon arrival and every last one of them worked fine.
I think there's only been one drive posted here that didn't work - one of the WD FAEX models I think and it may have been because WD did something strange with it. Then again, it was only one person who tried, so it could have possibly been something they did wrong.
As time goes on, and newer drives come out and older ones are discontinued, you are going to find yourself in a situation where all drives that are currently available are not going to be on the compatibility list.
Lastly, you could always purchase the drive from a seller with liberal no cost/no hassle return policies, like Amazon, and if it doesn't work return it/them.
If you do ultimately purchase one of the WD green drives, look up my post regarding the head parking and what you should do with the drive before using it in any NAS.
Ok, sorry about that, 5+ days without a reply I was getting a little bored with waiting.
You're right, it'll probably be fine, it would be nice to get some official confirmation though, I don't suppose there's much likelihood of that though just yet.
I suppose it would be sensible to check what sort of drive I've got in there now, it would make sense for them to be reasonably well matched I guess.
If you do ultimately purchase one of the WD green drives, look up my post regarding the head parking and what you should do with the drive before using it in any NAS.
Not sure I found your post but are you referring to the WDIDLE tool? I might struggle with that, I don't have a desktop PC I can mount the drive in!
1xWD20EARS, im looking to expand, and unable to find same drive at a reasonable price, will there be any compatibility issues if I add a WD20EADS drive?
