12-26-2022, 08:00 PM
Hi!
I'm about to purchase my first ever NAS and opting for Synology DS1520+ with two Seagate HDDs and one SSD (for Plex).
I'm kind of stuck on the issue of finding/buying a HDD that _exactly_ matches the Synology compability list. For example, let's say I want a Seagate Ironwolf Pro 8 TB drive. I go to the list...
https://www.synology.com/en-us/compatibility?search_by=products&model=DS1520%2B&category=hdds_no_ssd_trim&filter_brand=Seagate&filter_type=3.5%22%20SATA%20HDD&p=1&change_log_p=1
... and decides for the "Seagate IronWolf Pro ST8000NE001 - 2M7101 EN01".
There's no problem finding the model ST8000NE001, but what does the extra sequence 2M7101 mean?
On e.g. Amazon you can find the model ST8000NE001 but no further info/model#.
Any advice?
(Reason: would like to avoid DSM 7.x messages about drive not supported.)
I'm about to purchase my first ever NAS and opting for Synology DS1520+ with two Seagate HDDs and one SSD (for Plex).
I'm kind of stuck on the issue of finding/buying a HDD that _exactly_ matches the Synology compability list. For example, let's say I want a Seagate Ironwolf Pro 8 TB drive. I go to the list...
https://www.synology.com/en-us/compatibility?search_by=products&model=DS1520%2B&category=hdds_no_ssd_trim&filter_brand=Seagate&filter_type=3.5%22%20SATA%20HDD&p=1&change_log_p=1
... and decides for the "Seagate IronWolf Pro ST8000NE001 - 2M7101 EN01".
There's no problem finding the model ST8000NE001, but what does the extra sequence 2M7101 mean?
On e.g. Amazon you can find the model ST8000NE001 but no further info/model#.
Any advice?
(Reason: would like to avoid DSM 7.x messages about drive not supported.)