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Last year there were a few posts re the recommended drives - but the official list seems to be somewhat old.

The MD600 seems to use 2 x 2TB SATA drives, but can these be SATA III?

Carl posted some ago that 3 or 4 TB drives x 2 also work
How is this please and what is the official line on higher than 2TB?

Many thanks

Forget the official list it's ancient history.

I believe this was the last discussion on it MD600 Recommended Drives.

5TB Seagate drives are also out now, but I don't know anyone using them, yet.

How many albums do you envisage storing on it?
2TB is good for circa 5,000
3TB is good for circa 7,500
4TB is good for circa 10,000

For current HDD versions, check out:
Amazon
Dabs
Ebuyer

Regards,
Carl

Just to confirm, is that pairs of discs of that size in the standard RAID 1 set up?

Mine has 2x 2TB with 1500 albums rattling around in it. There's clearly room for lots more. 'Bad' news cannot get to amazon website just now!

I got a great deal on an MD600 MS600 from Rick @ Audio Images. Brilliant in all respects, thanks Rick.

But why is it ok to put bigger drives in?
Surely, like a NAS, if it is built for a maximum, them it should not be exceeded?

The bigger drives are not much more expensive. Given previous understanding I was going to put 2 x 2TB and not RAID it, and backup separately.

If I put A PAIR of bigger ones in I may as well RAID it.
So it would be useful to plan now ...

Have Meridian condoned what "goes on in the wild"?

You can do what you want with an MD600 - as long as the configuration works, it's the users choice what discs are installed and their configuration.

Many thanks,

I have just bought from DABS 2x 3TB RED NAS specific drives
They are 34% off from �145 down to �95 if anyone is interested.

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Hi,

See my post in this MD600 Approved for 3TB? thread.

Regards,
Carl

Hi Ricky,

Hopefully, you will still be backing up separately though Ricky in addition to RAID 1?

I will do periodic manual copy and paste to a big NAS.
The data will not change much.

I'm not sure the MD600 or the Sooloos backup protocol will work quite like that...

I'm afraid you may have a small learning curve ahead on how to achieve what you want. But to create a workable Sooloos backup on which you can relay in the unlikely (but not unheard of) event of a total loss of both disks you really do want to get it right.

Surely if it works as a NAS in so far as I can add any music files from my network (copy from other NAS into MD600), I can copy back to any NAS.

To load files in from a disc or CD source you would use Control:PC or Control:Mac which are bespoke software applications provided via the Sooloos core.

Similarly to create a Sooloos backup you use Control:PC or Control:Mac to create primary, selective and incremental archives.

Sooloos has a proprietary internal database structure which includes not only the FLAC (or whatever) music files but various metadata and internal control files. It is necessary to archive these as a coherent unit, hence the bespoke application.

Sooloos backup is quick and easy to use (after the probably long first back-up) and should hold no fears for you. You can back-up to any disc that is visible from the computer running Control:PC/Mac and that has sufficient storage.