Chapter 8. Hot-Swap Hard Drives - QNAP TDS-16489U Series User Manual

Chapter 8.
The QNAP NAS is compatible with 2.5-inch/3.5-inch SATA hard drives from major hard
drive brands. For the updated hard drive compatibility list, please visit
http://www.qnap.com.
Caution:
QNAP disclaims any responsibility for product damage/malfunction or data

loss/recovery due to misuse or improper installation of hard disks in any occasions for
any reasons.
Note that if a hard drive (new or used) which has never been installed on the NAS

before is installed, the hard drive will be formatted and partitioned automatically and all
the disk data will be cleared.
System
TS-EC880 Pro, TS-EC1080
Pro, TS-EC2480U-RP,
TS-EC1680U-RP,
TS-EC1280U-RP,
TS-EC880U-RP
TVS-EC2480U-SAS-RP,
TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP,
TVS-EC1580MU-SAS-RP,
TVS-EC1280MU-SAS-RP
TDS-16489
The NAS supports hot-swapping the hard drives when 1 member drive crashes in RAID 1 or
1–2 member drives crash in RAID 5 or RAID 6. Follow the steps below to hot-swap the hard
drive when a member drive fails in a RAID configuration.
1. Login the NAS and check the storage pool status in "Storage Manager" > "Storage
Pools".
2. The storage pool status should be "Warning" and RAID group status should be
"Degraded".
Hot-swap Hard Drives
Supports
3.5-inch
SATA Hard
Drives
Yes
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Supports
2.5-inch Supports
SATA Hard SSD
Drives
Yes Yes
Supports
Hot-swappin
g Hard Drives
(RAID 1 or
above only)
Yes