4TB drives on the Synology compatibility list

Synology officially lists 286 different 4TB part numbers from 14 brands: Seagate (93) · Western Digital (75) · Toshiba (64) · HGST (20) · WD (17) · Samsung (6) · Synology (3) · Kingston (2) · Hitachi (1) · SAMSUNG (1) · Sandisk (1) · Silicon Power (1) · Gigastone (1) · SANDISK (1). Ranked below by how many models list each — the wider the support, the safer the pick for an unlisted or older machine.

286
Listed 4TB drives
14
Brands
390
Widest model support

Our pick at 4TB

The most universally listed 4TB NAS-line drive is the Western Digital Red Pro (WD4003FFBX) — on 390 Synology models' official lists. For surveillance builds, filter the table below by the Surveillance line instead.

All 4TB drives, ranked by support

DriveBrandSeriesLineListed on
MG04ACA400E Toshiba MG04ACA**** Enterprise 451 machines
WD4003FFBX Western Digital Red Pro Enterprise NAS 390 machines
ST4000NE0015 Seagate Enterprise NAS HDD Enterprise NAS 379 machines
MG04ACA400N Toshiba MG04ACA**** Enterprise 353 machines
WD40PURZ Western Digital Purple Surveillance 352 machines
ST4000NM002A Seagate Exos 7E8 Enterprise 346 machines
ST4000NE0025 Seagate IronWolf Pro NAS 344 machines
HUS726T4TALA6L4 Western Digital Ultrastar 7K6 Enterprise 333 machines
MN04ACA400 Toshiba MN04ACA*** NAS 331 machines
ST4000VN008 Seagate IronWolf NAS 324 machines
WD4003FRYZ Western Digital Gold Enterprise 324 machines
ST4000NM0115 Seagate Exos 7E8 Enterprise 320 machines
ST4000NM0024 Seagate Enterprise 317 machines
ST4000NM0033 Seagate Constellation ES.3 Enterprise 312 machines
HUS726040ALE610 Western Digital Enterprise Enterprise 281 machines
H3IKNAS40003272SA (0S03666) Western Digital Deskstar NAS NAS 266 machines
H3IKNAS40003272SE (0S03665) Western Digital Deskstar NAS NAS 266 machines
H3IKNAS40003272SN (0S03664) Western Digital Deskstar NAS NAS 265 machines
H3IKNAS40003272SJ (0S03667) Western Digital Deskstar NAS NAS 263 machines
MD04ACA400 Toshiba MD04ACA*** Desktop 253 machines
ST4000NE001 Seagate IronWolf Pro NAS 252 machines
HDN724040ALE640 HGST NAS NAS 247 machines
WD4002FYYZ Western Digital Enterprise Enterprise 243 machines
MD04ABA400V Toshiba MD04ABAxxxV Surveillance 240 machines
WD4001FFSX (Red Pro NASware 3.0) Western Digital Enterprise Enterprise 237 machines
HUS726040ALE614 Western Digital Enterprise Enterprise 233 machines
MD03ACA400V Toshiba Sonance Surveillance 233 machines
MC04ACA400E Toshiba Enterprise 231 machines
ST4000VX007 Seagate Surveillance SKYHAWK Surveillance 230 machines
MG03ACA400 Toshiba Enterprise 229 machines
HUS726T4TALE6L4 Western Digital Ultrastar DC HC310 Enterprise 228 machines
ST4000VN0001 Seagate Enterprise Enterprise 225 machines
ST4000VN0011 (Rescue) Seagate Enterprise Enterprise 225 machines
ST4000NE000 Seagate IronWolf Pro NAS 221 machines
WD4002FFWX  Western Digital Enterprise Enterprise 206 machines
WD4003VRYZ Western Digital Surveillance Gold Enterprise 204 machines
ST4000VN000 Seagate NAS NAS 202 machines
ST4000VN003 Seagate NAS NAS 200 machines
HDWQ140YZSTA (MN04ACA400) Toshiba N300 NAS 197 machines
HDWQ140AZSTA (MN04ACA400) Toshiba N300 NAS 196 machines
HDWQ140EZSTA (MN04ACA400) Toshiba N300 NAS 196 machines
HDWQ140UZSVA (MN04ACA400) Toshiba N300 NAS 196 machines
HDWQ140XZSTA (MN04ACA400) Toshiba N300 NAS 196 machines
HDWQ140AZSTA Toshiba N300 NAS 186 machines
HUS726040ALA614 HGST Enterprise Enterprise 186 machines
ST4000NM000A Seagate Exos 7E8 Enterprise 182 machines
WD4000F9YZ (Se) Western Digital Enterprise Enterprise 179 machines
WD4000FYYZ (WD Re) Western Digital Enterprise Enterprise 179 machines
ST4000VX000 - 2AG166 Seagate Surveillance Surveillance 174 machines
WD40PURX Western Digital Surveillance Surveillance 172 machines
ST4000VX000 Seagate Surveillance Surveillance 168 machines
ST4000VX002 Seagate Surveillance Surveillance 168 machines
WD40EFRX (Red NASware 3.0) Western Digital NAS NAS 168 machines
ST4000NM0033 (Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD) Seagate Seagate® Constellation® Enterprise 166 machines
WD4005FFBX Western Digital Red Pro NAS 166 machines
WD4NPURX - 64TPFY0 Western Digital Purple NV Surveillance 165 machines
HMS5C4040BLE640 (MegaScale DC 4000.B) HGST Enterprise Enterprise 164 machines
ST4000NC000 (Terascale HDD) Seagate Terascale Enterprise 163 machines
HDWE140AZSTA Toshiba X300 Desktop 161 machines
HDWE140EZSTA Toshiba X300 Desktop 161 machines
HDWE140UZSVA Toshiba X300 Desktop 161 machines
HDWE140XZSTA Toshiba X300 Desktop 161 machines
WD4000FYYZ Western Digital Enterprise Enterprise 160 machines
H3IKNAS40003272SE2PK (0S03903) HGST NAS NAS 159 machines
H3IKNAS40003272SE4PK (0S03678) HGST NAS NAS 159 machines
H3IKNAS40003272SN4PK (0S03677) HGST NAS NAS 159 machines
H3IKNAS40003272SP2PK (0S03902) HGST NAS NAS 159 machines
ST4000NM0035 Seagate Exos 7E8 Enterprise 155 machines
HDWG440UZSVA Toshiba N300 NAS 154 machines
HDWQ140EZSTA Toshiba N300 NAS 154 machines
HDWQ140UZSVA Toshiba N300 NAS 154 machines
HDWQ140XZSTA Toshiba N300 NAS 154 machines
HDWQ140YZSTA Toshiba N300 NAS 154 machines
ST4000NM0053 Seagate Constellation ES.3 Enterprise 154 machines
HUS724040ALA640 (Ultrastar 7K4000) HGST Enterprise Enterprise 148 machines
WD40EFAX Western Digital Red NAS 147 machines
ST4000NE0025 - 2EW107 Seagate IronWolf Pro Enterprise NAS 145 machines
WD4001FAEX Western Digital Black Desktop 145 machines
ST4000VN0011 - 1UL178 Seagate Enterprise NAS HDD Enterprise NAS 143 machines
ST4000VN0001 - 1SF178 Seagate Enterprise NAS HDD Enterprise NAS 142 machines