Stora drive compatibility list

[Jdoki]

I can confirm the 2TB Western Digital WD20EARX drives work fine. Put two in my Stora configured to RAID 1 and they are working perfectly.

Now to begin filling them!!!

[anderotxoa]

The following 2TB drives are working OK
SAMSUNG HD203WI & HD204UI

[hiroshi]

Using at Samsung Spinpoint F3 1GB
Model: HD103SJ

[brookadmin]

I am running 2 X Samsung HD204UI 2Tb drives

[rsinj]

Periodic update.

If you are using a drive of 500GB or more not shown below, please post and I will add to next update.

Thanks


Western Digital
500GB
WD500AADS
WD5000AAKS
WD5001ABYS

640GB
WD6401AALS
WD6402AAEX

1TB
WD10EARS
WD10EAVS
WD10EVS
WD10EVVS

1.5TB
WD15EARS

2TB
WD20EADS
WD20EARS
WD20EARX
WD2002FAEX



Seagate
1TB
ST31000424CS
ST31000520AS
ST31000524AS
ST31000528AS

1.5TB
ST1500DL003
ST31500341AS

2TB
ST2000DL003
ST320005N4A1AS-RK
ST32000542AS



Hitachi
500GB
HCS5C1050CLA382
HDS725050KLA360

1TB
HDS721010CLA332
HCS5C1050CLA382

2TB
HUA722020ALA330



Samsung
1TB
HD103SJ
HF103J

1.5TB
HD153W1

2TB
HD203WI
HD204UI

[clubt]

Thanks for this list!

I have been browsing the forum unable to find any recent posts about 3 tb discs, does anyone know when/if 3 tb discs will be supported? (I use a MS2110)

Alex

[MikeyT]

Using two Hitachi HUA721010KLA330 1TB drives with no problems. These are Ultrastar drives intended for enterprise applications and built to last. They are not cheapo desktop drives.

Any information on Advanced Format (4k sector) drives? Are these compatible with the Stora? Ta.

[rsinj]

MikeyT thanks for the drive ifno, I'll include in next update.

4k sectors - no problem. I've been using the WD10EARS which is 4k sector and Stora has handled it without issue from day one.

clubt - no 3TB. Word is it will probably be supported, but clearly not a high priority. Additionally the necessity is questionable (as mentioned by others). You can stuff a Stora with 4TB for less than $100 for the bare Stora and maybe $80 each for 2TB drives. If you need to go above 4TB you could always buy another Stora and more 1TB to 2TB drives. Alternatively you might begin looking to higher end units like ReadyNAS which can take 3 or more drives. I haven't searched around lately, but I don't think there are many NAS vendors supporting the drives over 2TB at this time.

[Pstreicher]

I'm thinking of upgrading to 2tb drives soon as my 1tb drives are 80% full.

I'll be looking for posts on experience with the newer 3tb models coming out. I'm sure to be upgrading to those one day in the future.

[cambogueno]

is it possible to use two different HDs (i.e. from two different manufacturers) in the stora as long as they are the same capacity ? It's proving very difficult to get any HDs at the moment. Amazon have customer quotas on theirs