The Seagate NAS 2Bay | 4Bay is a desktop hard drive enclosure. Review the details below for hard drive module locations and, where applicable, replacement.
Important info: Refer to the product's Warranty before performing any hardware repairs or maintenance that is not described in this manual.
Follow the instructions below to perform one of the following:
Hard drives in protected RAID volumes are hot swappable (e.g. SimplyRAID, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 6). However, it is not possible to hot-swap more than one drive at a time. If you are replacing more than one hard drive in a volume, wait for synchronization to successfully complete before moving to the next hard drive.
Always confirm that the hard drive you are replacing can be removed without harming a RAID array. For example, you want to expand a hard drive from 2TB to 3TB. You know that the 2TB hard drive is part of a RAID 5 array composed of four hard drives. You will lose data if you remove the 2TB hard drive if another hard drive in the array has failed. Therefore, use NAS OS to check the health of all the hard drives in the RAID array. In this example, you can replace the 2TB hard drive if it is the only hard drive in the array that has failed and/or the other hard drives in the array are healthy.
Consider the points below before following the instructions:
Note: Seagate hard drives are optimized for use with your NAS.See Seagate NAS HDD for further information.
Installing a 2.5-inch hard drive/SSD requires the following:
You can add the 2.5-inch hard drive or SSD to an empty hard drive tray or replace an existing disk. Make certain that the capacity of the 2.5-inch hard drive is equal to or greater than the disk you are replacing.