Do you have to use identical drives in the unit? Size and make?
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If its set up as JBOD then no, it will string drives of similar style but different sizes together. If you are striping or mirroring the data as in a RAID, then it will only use the smallest GB size of the drives in the set. That is the RAID standard and if WD is adhering to that standard, that would be how it would work. They have pretty good pre-sales if you were to ask.
477120
That will depend on your OS and drive manufacturer. I'm using Win 7 and a Seagate drive so I had to partition my 3TB into 2 logical drives. Don't quite understand why but that's what Seagate said I had to do.
723778
It is always a good idea to keep the array similar in specs (ie spindle speed, cache, size etc). I would personally keep the drives in uniform and if you need to populate the 4th bay just go with the same brand/model you have.
1501846
Yes as said before, but you will need software to use the extra 250GB. The straight clone is just a copy of the original 250GB and the new drive thinks it's only a 250GB drive. The software will let you allocate the remaining for an alternate drive or a continuation of the same drive. I used EaseUS Partition Master and it worked fine.
104434
I have 4 Western Digital Red 3TB drives in mine. It has been running non-stop since I bought it. The best investment I've made in computer hardware in long time. Segate and Western digital will both work in it. Not sure if differnt size drives will work though.
1594612
Not sure, I placed 2 2TB drives for a 4TB total and the unit performs fine. Very happy with the unit. Perhaps check the website to see what the approved drives it will accept.
97229
I've had no issues with the speed of the unit. It really depends on the drives you use.
1254727
Yes you can! Simply leave the unit in JBOD mode and install any drives to access them. The drives will not be reformatted or overwritten. Please let us know if you have further questions. Oyen Digital Support
1409735
One of the Seagate forum moderators stated that it's the same drive:http://forums.seagate.com/t5/Momentus-XT-Momentus-and/What-is-the-difference-between-the-Momentus-xt-500-G-models/m-p/85644
2117155
No, just make sure that you remove the adapter on the existing drive to use with this one.
750550
The documentation is a bit unclear on this. In one place it says to use the same size drive, but in the "Replacing a Drive" section is says that you should use the same size or larger, but the extra capacity would be unused. Assuming you are using RAID1 then you should use the same size drives. The drives are SATA interface. I used two identical (same manufacturer, model and probably the same lot) 2TB drives in my configuration.
1093453
Yes. Be sure to check the jumpers. You may need to set it as SINGLE drive if it was previously set for MASTER while sharing a bus with DVD/CD.
1555872
You should ALWAYS have redundancy, especially with these kinds of drives. Yeah, they are cheap, but your data isn't. Buy two and use one as a backup. I learned the hard way myself.
1175066
No. They don't see each other's drives. what you can do is to create an array on each of them and then in the OS use them as a single drive.
270169
Yes you could, what you need to know....... The drive inside is a std length (~2"/50mm) long w/ the M2 interface. If you are going to clone the original drive you will need to get a M2 to SATA adapter to make it easy.
1484773
Yes,it should. The connections ar the same on both drives and if there is a carrier, it will be a little longer but shouldn't be a problem for you.
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Super easy. They're dang near identical. Just make sure you get the right external or internal unit.