Compatible hard drives for QNAP HS-210
7 drives are on QNAP's official compatibility list for the HS-210, up to 6TB listed. Read from qnap.com, list refreshed 2026-11-03.
2-bay Legacy model
This vendor publishes its compatibility list as an advisory tested matrix — drives not on it are not firmware-blocked. Treat the list as a quality signal; off-list drives work but fall outside the tested pairing.
Capacity range on the official list
Where to start on the HS-210
For a home or small-office workload, the NAS lines below balance sustained writes and RAID-rebuild tolerance. Enterprise speed is only worth paying for in full-bay builds:
- Western Digital NAS — listed in 6TB price
- Seagate NAS — listed in 4TB price
- Western Digital NAS — listed in 4TB price
- Western Digital NAS — listed in 3TB price
Full HS-210 compatibility list
Grouped by part number; Max shows the largest capacity QNAP lists. Filter by brand, line or capacity:
| Drive | Brand | Series | Line | Type | Max listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WD60EFRX (Red NASware 3.0) | Western Digital | NAS | NAS | SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) | 6 TB |
| ST4000VN003 (NAS HDD; Rescue Recovery) | Seagate | NAS | NAS | SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) | 4 TB |
| WD40EFRX (Red NASware 2.0) | Western Digital | NAS | NAS | SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) | 4 TB |
| WD30EFRX-68EUZN0 (Red NASware 2.0) | Western Digital | NAS | NAS | SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) | 3 TB |
| ST2000VN001 (NAS HDD; Rescue Recovery) | Seagate | NAS | NAS | SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) | 2 TB |
| WD20EFRX-68EUZN0 (Red NASware 2.0) | Western Digital | NAS | NAS | SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) | 2 TB |
| WD10ERFX- 68PJCN0 (Red) | Western Digital | NAS | NAS | SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) | 1 TB |
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