Working disks N5200 / N5200Pro

Like in the 4100Pro and N7700Pro department, here's the place to list the HDD's that are confirmed to work with the N5200/5200Pro Series NAS. Confirmed by users.

Please enter the following information:
- HDD Brand and model number;
- HDD size;
- HDD setup (RAID);
- N5200/5200Pro Firmware version.
Please be clear on the exact model, 5200Pro or non-pro!!

You can answer in this thread, I will copy the information to this single post, so that everything is in one place.

Hitatchi
Deskstar 7K1000.B HDT721010SLA360
- 1TB
- 5 drives in RAID5
- Firmware N5200BR: 2.00.16 Beta (older firmware: problems at cold boot).

Samsung
EcoGreen F2 HD154UI
- 1.5TB
- 5 drives in RAID5
- Firmware N5200/N5200Pro: 2.00.16
* Note: one user reports that adding a 5th disk to a 4-disk array will not work.
HD203WI
- 2TB
- 3 disks in RAID 5
- 5200 Firmware version: 2.00.16
* Note: crash when migrating 3-disk RAID5 to 5-disk RAID5.
SpinPoint HD501LJ - FW CR10
- 500GB
- 5 drives in RAID5; 5 drives in RAID5 (1 spare)
- Firmware: 1.00.04, 1.00.08, 2.00.15, 2.00.16

!!UNSTABLE!!
SpinPoint HD103UJ
- 1TB
- 3 drives in RAID5
- Firmware N5200: 2.00.14, 2.00.15
Note: these drives are confirmed stable with firmware 2.00.9.1

Seagate
Barracuda ST31000528AS CC38
- 1TB
- 5 disks in RAID 6
- 5200Pro Firmware version: 2.00.16
ST3500630AS - FW 3.AA
- 500 GB
- 5 drives in RAID5
- Firmware N5200Pro: 2.01.09
Barracuda ES.2 ST3500320NS
- 500GB
- RAID 5 (4 Disks)
- Firmware: 2.0.8, 2.0.14
Barracuda ES ST3500630NS
- 500 GB
- 4 drives in RAID5 - HS
- Firmware N5200Pro: 2.00.8, 2.00.14
ST31000340NS SN06
- 1TB
- 5 disks in RAID5 (1 spare)
- Firmware N5200Pro: 2.00.15
* Note: SN05 firmware doesn't work (disks not all detected, upgrade firmware to SN06 or later.)

Western Digital
Caviar Green, WD10EADS-00L5B1 - FW: 01.0
- 1TB
- 5 drives in RAID5
- Firmware N5200Pro: 2.00.14, 2.00.15
Caviar Green, WD15EADS-00R6B0 - FW: 01.0
- 1.5TB
- 5 drives in RAID5
- Firmware N5200Pro: 2.00.14
NOTE: Firmware N5200: 2.01.10.17 (beta is UNSTABLE!)
Caviar Green, WD2002FYPS-01U1B
- 2TB
- 3 drives in RAID5
- Firmware N5200Pro: 2.00.16
Caviar Green, WD5000AACS
- 500GB
- 4 drives in RAID5; 4 drives in RAID10
- Firmware N5200Pro: 2.00.14, 2.00.15, 2.01.09
- (Note: 4 and 5 disks RAID5 confirmed by thecus-hans with one spare in the 5-disk array)
Caviar RE2, WD5000YS-01MPB0
- 500GB in RAID5 (5 disks)
- Firmware version: all since 2008.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Disk firmware needs to be up-to-date, otherwise disks will drop from RAID. See WD website and Thecus compatibility list)

!!UNSTABLE!!
Caviar Green, WD15EADS-00R6B0 - FW: 01.0
- 1.5TB
- 5 disks in RAID5
- Firmware N5200: 2.01.10.17

### Last updated: 27-09-2010 ###

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