I want to use a hard drive that is not listed as being compatible with my NAS, will it work?
Applicable Products
All NAS series
Solution:
Hard drives are generally built to fit a set of industry-wide standards. If a hard drive is not listed as being compatible with your QNAP NAS, it may still work if it is listed as being compatible with a similar QNAP NAS model. However, QNAP’s official advice is always to use hard drives that are listed as being compatible with your NAS, as it ensures that the hard drives have endured rigorous testing and will operate to the highest standard in your NAS. Hard drives designed for use with NAS, servers, or enterprise systems are also strongly recommended as they have been designed to handle the unique operations of a NAS.