Synology DS414 individual Drive size limits.

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Does anyone know, is the Synology DS414 able to take and use the "full" capacity of 6tb WD red drives? It indicates so on the website but some reviews say 4tb is the limit.

Thanks!

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I have had a quick look here

https://www.synology.com/en-uk/products/DS414#spec

from the site posted above

Maximum Internal Raw Capacity 24 TB (6 TB HDD X 4) (Capacity may vary by RAID types) (See All Supported HDD)
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list of 3.5" HDDS that work

Brand
All brands HGST Seagate Toshiba Western Digital

Model 

Size 

Class 

Remarks


HGST H3IKNAS600012872SA (0S03841) 6TB NAS Show



HGST H3IKNAS600012872SE (0S03840) 6TB NAS Show



HGST H3IKNAS600012872SJ (0S03842) 6TB NAS Show



HGST H3IKNAS600012872SN (0S03839) 6TB NAS Show



HGST HDN726060ALE610 6TB NAS Show


HGST HUS726060ALA640 6TB Enterprise Show


HGST HUS726060ALE610 6TB Enterprise Show


HGST H3IKNAS500012872SA (0S03837) 5TB NAS Show



HGST H3IKNAS500012872SE (0S03836) 5TB NAS Show



HGST H3IKNAS500012872SJ (0S03838) 5TB NAS Show



HGST H3IKNAS500012872SN (0S03835) 5TB NAS Show



HGST HDN726050ALE610 5TB NAS Show



HGST H3IKNAS40003272SA (0S03666) 4TB NAS Show


HGST H3IKNAS40003272SE (0S03665) 4TB NAS Show


HGST H3IKNAS40003272SJ (0S03667) 4TB NAS Show


HGST H3IKNAS40003272SN (0S03664) 4TB NAS Show


HGST HDN724040ALE640 4TB NAS Show


HGST HMS5C4040BLE640 4TB Enterprise Show


HGST HUS724040ALA640 4TB Enterprise
HGST HUS724040ALE640 (0F14683) 4TB Enterprise
HGST HDS5C4040ALE630 4TB Desktop
HGST H3IKNAS30003272SA (0S03662) 3TB NAS Show


HGST H3IKNAS30003272SE (0S03661) 3TB NAS Show


HGST H3IKNAS30003272SJ (0S03663) 3TB NAS Show


HGST H3IKNAS30003272SN (0S03660) 3TB NAS Show


HGST HDN724030ALE640 3TB NAS Show


Seagate ST6000VN0001 - 1SF17Z 6TB NAS Show


Seagate ST6000NM0004 - 1FT17Z (4Kn) 6TB Enterprise Show





Seagate ST6000NM0024 - 1HT17Z 6TB Enterprise Show




Seagate ST5000VN0001 - 1SF17X 5TB NAS Show


Seagate ST5000NM0024 5TB Enterprise Show


Seagate ST5000NM0084 5TB Enterprise Show


Seagate ST4000VM000 - 1F3168 4TB Surveillance Show


Seagate ST4000VX000 - 1F4168 4TB Surveillance Show


Seagate ST4000VX002 - 1RT168 4TB Surveillance Show


Seagate ST4000VN000 - 1H4168 4TB NAS Show



Seagate ST4000VN0001 - 1SF178 4TB NAS
Seagate ST4000VN003 - 1T5168 4TB NAS Show



Seagate ST4000NC000 4TB Enterprise Show


Seagate ST4000NC001 4TB Enterprise Show


Seagate ST4000NM0024 4TB Enterprise Show


Seagate ST4000NM0033 - 9ZM170 4TB Enterprise Show


Seagate ST4000NM0053 4TB Enterprise Show


Seagate ST4000DM000 4TB Desktop
Seagate ST3000VM002 - 1ET166 3TB Surveillance Show


Seagate ST3000VX000 3TB Surveillance
Seagate ST3000VX002 3TB Surveillance Show


Seagate ST3000VX004 - 1RU166 3TB Surveillance Show


Seagate ST3000VX006 - 1HH166 3TB Surveillance
Seagate ST3000VN000 - 1H4167 3TB NAS Show



Seagate ST3000VN000 - 1HJ166 3TB NAS Show


Seagate ST3000VN0001 - 1SF176 3TB NAS Show


Seagate ST3000NM0033 3TB Enterprise Show


Seagate ST3000NM0053 3TB Enterprise Show


Seagate ST3000DM001 3TB Desktop Show


Seagate ST2000VM003 - 1CT164 2TB Surveillance Show


Seagate ST2000VM003 - 1ET164 2TB Surveillance Show


Seagate ST2000VN000 - 1H3164 2TB NAS Show



Seagate ST2000VN000 - 1HJ164 2TB NAS Show



Seagate ST2000VN0001 - 1SF174 2TB NAS Show


Seagate ST2000VN001 - 1T4164 2TB NAS Show



Seagate ST2000NM0024 2TB Enterprise Show


Seagate ST2000NM0033 2TB Enterprise Show


Seagate ST2000NM0053 2TB Enterprise Show


Seagate ST2000DM001 2TB Desktop
Seagate ST1000VM002 - 1CT162 1TB Surveillance Show


Seagate ST1000VM002 - 1ET162 1TB Surveillance Show



Seagate ST1000NM0033 1TB Enterprise Show


Seagate ST1000NM0053 1TB Enterprise Show


Toshiba MG04ACA600E 6TB Enterprise Show


Toshiba MD04ACA500 5TB Enterprise Show


Toshiba MD03ACA400V 4TB NAS
Toshiba MC04ACA400E 4TB Enterprise
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB Enterprise Show


Toshiba MG04ACA400E 4TB Enterprise Show


Toshiba MD03ACA300V 3TB NAS
Toshiba MG04ACA300A (4Kn) 3TB Enterprise Show


Toshiba MG04ACA300E 3TB Enterprise
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB Desktop
Toshiba MD03ACA200V 2TB NAS
Toshiba MG04ACA200A (4Kn) 2TB Enterprise Show


Toshiba MK2002TSKB 2TB Enterprise Show



Western Digital WD60PURX - 64LZMY0 6TB Surveillance Show



Western Digital WD60EFRX - 68MYMN0 6TB NAS Show



Western Digital WD60EFRX - 68MYMN1 6TB NAS Show



Western Digital WD60EZRX - 00MVLB1 6TB Desktop Show



Western Digital WD50PURX 5TB Surveillance Show



Western Digital WD50EFRX - 68MYMN0 5TB NAS Show



Western Digital WD50EFRX - 68MYMN1 5TB NAS Show



Western Digital WD50EZRX - 00MVLB1 5TB Desktop Show



Western Digital WD40PURX - 64GVNY0 4TB Surveillance Show



Western Digital WD4001FFSX - 68JNUN0 4TB NAS Show



Western Digital WD40EFRX - 68WT0N0 4TB NAS Show




Western Digital WD4000F9YZ - 09N20L0 4TB Enterprise Show



Western Digital WD4000FYYZ - 01UL1B1 4TB Enterprise Show



Western Digital WD4003FZEX - 00Z4SA0 4TB Desktop Show


Western Digital WD40EZRX - 00SPEB0 4TB Desktop Show



Western Digital WD30PURX 3TB Surveillance Show



Western Digital WD3001FFSX 3TB NAS Show


Western Digital WD30EFRX - 68EUZN0 3TB NAS Show




Western Digital WD3000F9YZ - 09N20L0 3TB Enterprise Show



Western Digital WD3000FYYZ 3TB Enterprise Show



Western Digital WD3001FAEX 3TB Desktop Show


Western Digital WD3003FZEX 3TB Desktop Show


Western Digital WD30EZRX - 00D8PB0 3TB Desktop Show



Western Digital WD20PURX 2TB Surveillance Show



Western Digital WD2001FFSX 2TB NAS Show


Western Digital WD20EFRX - 68AX9N0 2TB NAS Show





Western Digital WD20EFRX - 68EUZN0 2TB NAS Show




Western Digital WD2000F9YZ - 09N20L0 2TB Enterprise Show


Western Digital WD2000FYYZ 2TB Enterprise Show



Western Digital WD2003FZEX 2TB Desktop Show


Western Digital WD20EZRX - 00D8PB0 2TB Desktop Show



Western Digital WD15EZRX 1.5TB Desktop Show



Western Digital WD10PURX 1TB Surveillance Show



Western Digital WD10EFRX - 68PJCN0 1TB NAS Show




Western Digital WD1002F9YZ - 09H1JL0 1TB Enterprise Show


Western Digital WD1003FBYZ - 010FB0 1TB Enterprise Show


Western Digital WD1002FAEX 1TB Desktop Show


Western Digital WD1003FZEX 1TB Desktop Show

2.5" compatible drives

Brand
All brands Samsung Western Digital

Samsung ST2000LM003 2TB Desktop
Samsung ST1000LM024 1TB Desktop
Western Digital WD10JFCX - 68N6GN0 1TB NAS Show

SSDs

Apacer AP240GAS610SB (AS610S) 240GB Enterprise Show



Crucial CT1024M550SSD1 (M550 Series) 1TB Desktop Show


Crucial CT960M500SSD1 (M500 Series) 960GB Desktop Show


Crucial CT512M550SSD1 (M550 Series) 512GB Desktop Show


Crucial CT480M500SSD1 (M500 Series) 480GB Desktop
Crucial CT256M550SSD1 (M550 Series) 256GB Desktop Show


Crucial CT240M500SSD1 (M500 Series) 240GB Desktop
Crucial CT128M550SSD1 (M550 Series) 128GB Desktop Show


Crucial CT120M500SSD1 (M500 Series) 120GB Desktop Show


Intel SSDSC2BA800G3 (DC S3700) 800GB Enterprise Show


Intel SSDSC2BB800G4 (DC S3500) 800GB Enterprise Show


Intel SSDSC2BB600G4 (DC S3500) 600GB Enterprise Show


Intel SSDSC2BB480G4 (DC S3500) 480GB Enterprise Show


Intel SSDSC2BW480A4 (530) 480GB Enterprise Show


Intel SSDSC2CW480A3 (520) 480GB Enterprise
Intel SSDSC2BA400G3 (DC S3700) 400GB Enterprise
Intel SSDSC2BW360A4 (530) 360GB Enterprise Show


Intel SSDSA2BZ300G3 (710) 300GB Enterprise
Intel SSDSC2BB300G4 (DC S3500) 300GB Enterprise Show


Intel SSDSC2BB240G4 (DC S3500) 240GB Enterprise Show


Intel SSDSC2BW240A4 (530) 240GB Enterprise Show


Intel SSDSC2BW180A4 (530) 180GB Enterprise Show


Intel SSDSC2BB160G4 (DC S3500) 160GB Enterprise Show


Intel SSDSC2BB120G4 (DC S3500) 120GB Enterprise Show


Intel SSDSC2BW120A4 (530) 120GB Enterprise Show


Intel SSDSC2BB080G4 (DC S3500) 80GB Enterprise Show


Intel SSDSC2BW080A4 (530) 80GB Enterprise Show


Micron MTFDDAK1T0MAY (M550 Series) 1TB Desktop Show


Micron MTFDDAK960MAV (M500 Series) 960GB Desktop Show


Micron MTFDDAK800MBB (M500DC Series) 800GB Enterprise Show


Micron MTFDDAK512MAY (M550 Series) 512GB Desktop Show


Micron MTFDDAK480MBB (M500DC Series) 480GB Enterprise Show


Micron MTFDDAK480MAV (M500 Series) 480GB Desktop Show


Micron MTFDDAK256MAY (M550 Series) 256GB Desktop
Micron MTFDDAK240MBB (M500DC Series) 240GB Enterprise
Micron MTFDDAK240MAV (M500 Series) 240GB Desktop Show


Micron MTFDDAK128MAY (M550 Series) 128GB Desktop Show


Micron MTFDDAK120MBB (M500DC Series) 120GB Enterprise Show


Micron MTFDDAK120MAV (M500 Series) 120GB Desktop Show


Micron MTFDDAK064MAY (M550 Series) 64GB Desktop Show


OCZ VTR150-25SAT3-480G (Vector 150) 480GB Desktop Show



OCZ VTR150-25SAT3-240G (Vector 150) 240GB Desktop Show



OCZ VTX3MI-25SAT3-240G 240GB Desktop Show


OCZ VTR150-25SAT3-120G (Vector 150) 120GB Desktop Show


Plextor PX-512M5Pro (M5 Pro Xtreme Series) 512GB Desktop
Plextor PX-0256M5S (M5S series) 256GB Desktop Show


Plextor PX-0128M5S (M5S series) 128GB Desktop Show


Samsung MZ-7TE750 (840 EVO Series) 750GB Desktop Show



Samsung MZ-7PD512 (840 Pro Series) 512GB Desktop Show


Samsung MZ-7PD256 (840 Pro Series) 256GB Desktop Show


Samsung MZ-7TE250 (840 EVO Series) 250GB Desktop Show



Samsung MZ-7GE240 (845DC EVO) 240GB Enterprise
Samsung MZ-7PD128 (840 Pro Series) 128GB Desktop
SanDisk SD6SB1M-256G (X110 Series) 256GB Desktop Show


SanDisk SD6SB1M-128G (X110 Series) 128GB Desktop Show


SanDisk SD6SB1M-064G (X110 Series) 64GB Desktop Show


Seagate ST480FP0021 (600 Pro) 480GB Enterprise Show



Seagate ST400FP0021 (600 Pro) 400GB Enterprise Show



Seagate ST240FP0021 (600 Pro) 240GB Enterprise Show



Seagate ST200FP0021 (600 Pro) 200GB Enterprise Show

hope this helps, the limit may be down to what HDD's they are trying as there is only certain ones you can use
 
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It will use 6TB fine, I have a 6TB Red in my DS414.

When it came out, the largest drive at the time was 4TB. They've since revised their own site, but reviewers are less likely to update old reviews :)
 
Thank you both - ED209 I thought I checked that but didnt see an explicit reference to 6gb - and it said 16gb total, maybe thats the single volume size or something. Or maybe I'm seeing a cached page on google.

bledd - thanks for that is epecially reassuring to see it done in practice - I have a 4gb drive on hand to put in but may well get some 6gb ones in the future.
 
You can put in 4x 6TB drives.

This would give you 18GB usable space in SHR (Synology Hybrid RAID)
 
Yup.

The same as RAID5

Have a play with this.

https://www.synology.com/en-us/support/RAID_calculator

If you used 2x6TB drives in SHR, you'd get 6TB space (one drive protection, same as RAID1).



SHR adjusts it's mode on the fly as you add drives to it.




Right now mine has a single 6TB drive (no protection), if I added another, it would turn itself into a RAID1. Very handy feature.


-I keep manual backups of my data for now, didn't want to take the financial hit of 3x6tb drives
 
bledd. said:
Yup.

The same as RAID5

Have a play with this.

https://www.synology.com/en-us/support/RAID_calculator

If you used 2x6TB drives in SHR, you'd get 6TB space (one drive protection, same as RAID1).



SHR adjusts it's mode on the fly as you add drives to it.




Right now mine has a single 6TB drive (no protection), if I added another, it would turn itself into a RAID1. Very handy feature.


-I keep manual backups of my data for now, didn't want to take the financial hit of 3x6tb drives
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Well thats handy, I was worried about stumping for 4x6tb.

So I can buy 1 6tb drive today for 6tb unprotected

then add a 2nd still 6tb but raid 1
then add a 3rd for 12tb
Then add a 4th for 18tb

And it will just reconfigure itself?
 
Yup.

As you add them, it will ask you what you want it to do with the new disc. As long as it's the same size, it will let you do as you've suggested (that's what I plan to do with mine too)

Stick to WD Red. It will take while (I'd assume 6-12 hours) to move the files around the new disks as they are added. An overnight job :).

Not all of them support hot-swap (putting in disks when it's already on), but the 414 does.



Skip to about 3 minutes in..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd1icxBiaNU

This is an older verison of Synology, but it's a very similar process :)
 
Oh thats just what I'm looking for, The NAS is on its way. I'm gonna get a 6tb drive and I'll have an upgrade path to 18tb.

bledd do you have the dual lan connection set up? Does the dual ports thing make it faster? I plan to use a gigabit 8port switch as I already have 5 other things that really need wired connections. But thats an unmanaged switch, so is that OK? I could put it directly in the Modem/Router if not.
 
To utilise both, you'll need a managed switch, then create a trunk (aka link aggregation), so the 2x ports appear as one..

I went down that route, but tbh, it was a silly expense for a home user. I'd just stick to the one port.
 
bledd. said:
To utilise both, you'll need a managed switch, then create a trunk (aka link aggregation), so the 2x ports appear as one..

I went down that route, but tbh, it was a silly expense for a home user. I'd just stick to the one port.
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Might this be possible on the Modem? I recently got sent the Talk Talk Huawei HG635 FTTC modem, (which hasnt disapointed so far). I havnt really played with the config much yet.
 
Actually as once it gets to the switch its only going to go down one cable to the modem and thence another single cable to the device (or WiFi) then presumably its a waste of time anyway?
 
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