patseguin Global Moderator Posted January 6, 2014 Global Moderator Share Posted January 6, 2014 I have a Synology 1511+ NAS with the DX510 add-on. The 1511+ has 5 x TB Seagate Barracuda drives and the addon has 5 WD Red NAS drives. One of the WD Red's was DoA when I got the 5 just FYI. Anyways, my setup is configured as "Synology hybrid raid with 1 drive tolerance". I should have set it up as 2 drive tolerance but I'm glad at least the 1 drive tolerance was there because one of the Seagate drives went bad. I bought another WB Red to replace the Seagate. Is there a problem with that? All the drives are 3TB drives, just the main unit will 1 have 1 WD 3 TB drive and 4 Seagate 3TB drives. I assume the make/model doesn't matter as long as the capacity is the same, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Method Man Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 I don't think there will be a problem. RAID drives don't have to be identical, though if they aren't the same capacity they will be limited to whatever the smallest drive is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froggyliver Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Typically RAID requirement is at least minimum the size of the other drives and same drive connector. Brand doesn't matter. But with a NAS there are other possible things to look at too such as drives made for a NAS and also what Synology said they are compatible with. But if you are using a WD Red then just grab another same size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger H. Veteran Posted January 6, 2014 Veteran Share Posted January 6, 2014 Moved to Hardware Hangouts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patseguin Global Moderator Posted January 6, 2014 Author Global Moderator Share Posted January 6, 2014 Yeah I didn't really know what I was doing when I set it up with Seagate Barracuda drives. I need to figure out a way to replace my remaining 4 Seagate drives with WD Red NAS drives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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