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None whatsoever. Arguably these have better QC since they've been checked over.

The only potential issue you might run into is if you have a crazy amount of read/write like you're running a corporate server or something. (Drives have a set max on number of read/writes and refurbs dont always reset this counter). This is absolutely not an issue for the average user who is doing backups though. You won't get anywhere near the limit. I wouldn't run a typical server off a NAS anyways since speeds are too slow.
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Seth 2y ago

I don’t think those are compatible 😔

Will explore more

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BITwise 🐳 >>= RIGHTish 2y ago

They definitely are compatible!

Synology tries to sell you their overpriced drives but their compatibility list is bs. I havent come across any HDD that arent actually compatible. I've got those exact drives in my enclosure with zero issues for years.

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nobody 2y ago

A recent update started enforcing the compatibility list more stringently. I just returned $1k of drives over this.

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BITwise 🐳 >>= RIGHTish 2y ago

👀👀👀👀👀

Oh first I've heard of this! I think my software is up to date and the drives are working just fine... for now.

Looks like I'll lokely be pausing auto updates like all the damus testflight nostriches...

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nobody 2y ago

It’s hard to tell what the exact issues are. The hackers are still looking. Lol.

These were iron wolfs that were too big. Weren’t on the list. Didn’t work.

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BITwise 🐳 >>= RIGHTish 2y ago

Yeah I've actually noticed compatibility goes down once you exceed 12tb. Not sure why that is? I've had a different set of WD Ultrastars give me issues before. I chalked it up to the drives but now I'm thinking maybe it was a compatibility issue?!

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nobody 2y ago

May have been. These were 15TB drives, so it’s likely we ran into the same thing.

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Seth 2y ago

I went with the 8TB Seagate drives which were listed on the compatibility list 🤞

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nobody 2y ago

Good deal. They do test them, so you get support if you have any issues (which I doubt)