12TB 3.5 drives

[Greenmantle]

Has anyone tried successfully to install these larger disks in older NAS equipment (4bay)?
I have QNAP but I assume it will be the same for Synology and others.
Currently have RAID 5 (4x6TB) but WD are having a 30% deal at the moment so want to buy 4 to replace.
Thanks.

[Funk]

I'd check their compatibility lists....

I have a QNAP TS-EC1080 Pro that I need to upgrade - am just trying to justify spending £2.7k on hard drives...

[mikef]

Yes, have gone with WD Gold instead of Red Pro, as similar price but higher transfer rate and MTBF

One thing to watch depending on how the drives are fitted in your NAS unit is that the new higher capacity drives have a different bottom screw pattern from older ones (front and back )

[edeath]

You can use their compatability list to see what max size you can run: https://www.qnap.com/en/compatibility/

We use a 4 bay TS-451 and it can take up to 16TB drives.

[V8Rush]

I'd expect it to be OK, but WD (if you're taking the drives out of their USB external ones) might have a gotcha: https://www.instructables.com/How-to-Fix-the-33V-P...

FWIW, I didn't need to do the above on an HP Microserver.