User manual
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
 - Safety Warnings
 - CPU and Memory Specifications
 - Power Button and Reset Button Behavior
 - USB One Touch Copy
 - LED and Alarm Buzzer Specifications
 - Upgrade Memory on QNAP Turbo NAS (RAM Module Installation)
 - Network Expansion Card Installation
 - Install an mSATA Flash module to the NAS.
 - Hot-swap Hard Drives
 - RAID Recovery
 - Use the LCD Panel
 - Install Power Supply Unit
 - Technical Support
 - Appendix A. Product Compliance Class
 - GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
 

Chapter 8.  Hot-swap Hard Drives 
The QNAP NAS is compatible with 2.5-inch/3.5-inch SATA hard drives from major hard 
drive brands. For the updated hard drive compatibility list, please 
visit 
http://www.qnap.com. 
Caution: 
  QNAP disclaims any responsibility for product damage/malfunction or data 
loss/recovery due to misuse or improper installation of hard disks in any occasions for 
any reasons. 
  Note that if a hard drive (new or used) which has never been installed on the NAS 
before is installed, the hard drive will be formatted and partitioned automatically and all 
the disk data will be cleared. 
System 
Supports 
3.5-inch 
SATA 
Hard 
Drives 
Supports 
2.5-inch 
SATA 
Hard 
Drives 
Supports 
SSD 
Supports 
Hot-swap
ping 
Hard 
Drives 
(RAID 1 
or above 
only) 
TS-EC880 Pro, TS-EC1080 Pro, 
TS-EC2480U-RP, TS-EC1680U-RP, 
TS-EC1280U-RP, TS-EC880U-RP 
Yes  Yes  Yes  Yes 
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