WD Red Plus
12Â TB, 3.5"
Question about WD Red Plus
Hello everyone, I have a DS720+ (2x6 TB, WD Red Plus, RAID 1), which I no longer use as an external drive, but as a backup/data protection. Unfortunately, it now has too little memory.😂😂 Will this hard drive (or any other WD Red+ HDD, 3.5", CMR) fit in there, and how easy/complicated is it to change/replace? Sorry, I'm really not an expert. Thanks, MFG
Helpful answer
Hello, yes, it should fit. In principle you can (since you have Raid 1) simply pull out 1 disc and put the new one in. Then you should see something about repair storage pool somewhere in the NAS storage manager. If you do this, the raid will be restored. This can take a few hours. It is best to simply wait about 24 hours. The new one will still be displayed with the capacity of the old one, don't get confused.
After the raid has been restored, do the same with the 2nd hard drive. Finally, expand the storage pool to 12Tb (also in the storage manager).
After the raid has been restored, do the same with the 2nd hard drive. Finally, expand the storage pool to 12Tb (also in the storage manager).