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Using non "approved" drives with Synology DS923+

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I never look at compatibility lists for NAS's. So long as it's a NAS rated drive it'll be fine, just avoid SMR disks though like WD Red (Red Plus/Pro is fine). That disk is CMR so is fine.

 

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Hi all, so I was about to pull the trigger on a NAS for our small office. But I noticed that the drives included in this B&H Photo bundle w/ the DS923+ and 4x8TB Seagate IronWolf NAS Drives (SEST8000VN4) are not on the "approved/compatibility" list, and in fact there are almost 0 drives that are on this list. So what gives and what will happen by not using "approved" drives?

 

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I never look at compatibility lists for NAS's. So long as it's a NAS rated drive it'll be fine, just avoid SMR disks though like WD Red (Red Plus/Pro is fine). That disk is CMR so is fine.

 

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