Is the above diskless or are the disks included? If disks are included what is the size and how many are included
1611103
No disks are included. I used NAS - specific drives in mine which perform well but you can use standard SATA drives too.
1611104
This is diskless - just be sure to get HD's that are made for NAS (Seegate ST4000VN000, WD WD40EFRX, etc) do not use energy savers or spin down disks, it will cause havoc on your RAID integrity. So plz do read what drives are supported and are recommended. I put the ST4000VN000, in all of my devices, works great.
1391684
There is not any disk exposed. It's a regular SATA hard drive, which I am using right now. Probably you are having an optical illusion :)
1996054
I almost sent mine back as it looked like three disks were missing. I accidentally dropped a disk on the floor and another disk appeared from beneath it. Eventually I found all the others; just be sure to check and see whether or not some disks may be stuck to the others before you declare them missing.
581383
There are four internal 3.5" drive bays. There is, additionally, a 5.25" external drive bay that isn't used that some people use to hook up additional disks with an adapter. 4TB disks work in this system, if your operating system supports them. I've been particularly happy with WD Red disks in this chassis.
1847190
It was included in the purchase price for me, so I assume yes.. :) Hope that helps.. Had mine almost a year now, and the way it works, I doubt I will need it.. Great drive.
1970617
I checked the back of the package and it states: Mac OS x 10.9, 10.8, 10.7, 10.62 GB free disk space, DVD optical drive. Hope this helps.
157618
I ordered the diskless and installed 2ea, 3TB Western Digital Green drives which were on the approved drive list. Worked flawlessly. I would hope that any drives pre installed would follow their own drive list.
85217
I ordered the 2TB model, and it came without a drive. I imagine that there is something incorrectly listed in the 2TB model listing.
240458
Each drive will always be a bit different, as no two drives will have the exactly the same free space. Mine is 931GB
1491851
I see this question a number of times here. There is a misunderstanding about disks 3TB or larger will only show 2.19TB. ONLY IF you are trying to make it a bootable device. If you are going to use it as a backup disks and if you just want to dump files there, it is not a problem. I would say it is Amazon's problem in that they were not clear. This is unfortunate, but I wonder if anyone chose a lower capacity disk due to the comment.
1521297
Yes, there is. Under "features and details" all the sizes are listed with the drive sizes as well.
2131955
Yes, the disk is included along with certificate of authenticity. Thank you for your interest and we look forward to doing business with you.
1386369
The one i received did not come with a disk but did have windows installed, however it was not a licensed copy, it was what appeared to be a stolen copy or a copy that had been used too many times.
835154
As far as I know, all media have basic data on them [the filling system] on delivery. So no card, usb, disk etc. will ever show the 'listed' number as available space.
581385
There are 4 drive bays. I haven't done so, but I understand you can rig the DVD slot for an additional drive. I have already added USB external without a problem. As far as the larger that 2TB drives - sorry, I haven't tried that. I'm running two small drives to handle the OS in a RAID configuration and 2-2TB drives in a RAID for everything else. Just haven't had a reason to upgrade beyond 2TB yet.
755804
Mine came in a plain brown box with paperwork but no discs. A factory system restore partition was pre-loaded on the hard drive. I burned a set of rescue restore DVDs for it with no problem. It was a refurb (through Amazon from Secondipity.com, I believe) and has been flawless thus far. Very fast machine.
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As D. Huber said, "diskless" means that you get the NAS box but that it doesn't come with hard disk drives in it, which you must purchase separately. I too suggest you get Western Digital NAS-rated drives (e.g. the "Red" models). Get two of them with the same capacity; some might also suggest that you get them at two different times from two different sources, so as to minimize the possibility that you get two drives from the same, bum batch. Good luck!