6TB drives on the Synology compatibility list

Synology officially lists 236 different 6TB part numbers from 6 brands: Seagate (85) · Toshiba (60) · Western Digital (57) · HGST (24) · WD (9) · Synology (1). Ranked below by how many models list each — the wider the support, the safer the pick for an unlisted or older machine.

236
Listed 6TB drives
6
Brands
344
Widest model support

Our pick at 6TB

The most universally listed 6TB NAS-line drive is the Seagate IronWolf Pro (ST6000NE0023) — on 344 Synology models' official lists. For surveillance builds, filter the table below by the Surveillance line instead.

All 6TB drives, ranked by support

DriveBrandSeriesLineListed on
ST6000NM021A Seagate Exos 7E8 Enterprise 389 machines
MG04ACA600E Toshiba MG04ACA**** Enterprise 382 machines
ST6000VN0033 Seagate Surveillance Surveillance 349 machines
ST6000NE0023 Seagate IronWolf Pro NAS 344 machines
WD6003FRYZ Western Digital Gold Enterprise 324 machines
MN05ACA600 Toshiba MN05ACA*** NAS 309 machines
ST6000NE000 Seagate IronWolf Pro NAS 283 machines
HUS726060ALE610 Western Digital Enterprise Enterprise 281 machines
ST6000VN0041 Seagate IronWolf NAS 281 machines
ST6000NM0024 Seagate Seagate Enterprise Capacity Enterprise 276 machines
ST6000VX0003 Seagate Surveillance HDD Surveillance 272 machines
WD6003FFBX Western Digital Red Pro NAS 272 machines
WD60PURZ Western Digital Purple Surveillance 270 machines
MD06ACA600V Toshiba MD06ACA***V Surveillance 269 machines
ST6000VN001 Seagate IronWolf NAS 260 machines
HDWG160YZSTA Toshiba N300 NAS 244 machines
ST6000NE0021 Seagate IronWolf Pro NAS 244 machines
HDWG160AZSTA Toshiba N300 NAS 243 machines
HDWG160EZSTA Toshiba N300 NAS 243 machines
HDWG160XZSTA Toshiba N300 NAS 243 machines
MN06ACA600 Toshiba MN06ACA*** NAS 243 machines
WD6002FRYZ Western Digital Enterprise Enterprise 243 machines
ST6000NE0003 Seagate Enterprise Enterprise 239 machines
ST6000VN0001 Seagate Enterprise NAS Enterprise 236 machines
ST6000VX0023 Seagate Surveillance Surveillance 236 machines
HUS726060ALE614 Western Digital Enterprise Enterprise 233 machines
ST6000VN0003 Seagate NAS NAS 233 machines
WD6002FFWX Western Digital Enterprise Enterprise 233 machines
ST6000NE0013 Seagate Enterprise Enterprise 232 machines
HUS726T6TALE6L4 Western Digital Ultrastar DC HC310 Enterprise 228 machines
ST6000NE0001 Seagate Enterprise Enterprise 226 machines
ST6000VN0011 (Rescue) Seagate Enterprise Enterprise 225 machines
ST6000NM0115 Seagate Enterprise Enterprise 222 machines
WD60EFRX (Red NASware 3.0) Western Digital NAS NAS 221 machines
ST6000NE0011 Seagate Enterprise Enterprise 219 machines
MD04ACA600 Toshiba MD04ACA*** Desktop 205 machines
WD6003VRYZ Western Digital Gold Enterprise 204 machines
HDWN160YZSTA (MN05ACA600) Toshiba N300 NAS 198 machines
ST6000VN0021 Seagate NAS NAS 198 machines
HDWN160AZSTA (MN05ACA600) Toshiba N300 NAS 197 machines
HDWN160EZSTA (MN05ACA600) Toshiba N300 NAS 197 machines
HDWN160UZSVA (MN05ACA600) Toshiba N300 NAS 197 machines
HDWN160XZSTA (MN05ACA600) Toshiba N300 NAS 197 machines
WD60EFAX Western Digital Red NAS 194 machines
ST6000VN0031 (Rescue Recovery) Seagate NAS NAS 190 machines
ST6000VN004 Seagate IronWolf NAS 185 machines
WD6001FFWX  (Red Pro NASware 3.0) Western Digital Enterprise Enterprise 183 machines
ST6000NM002A Seagate Exos 7E8 Enterprise 182 machines
WD60PURX - 64T0ZY0 Western Digital Purple Surveillance 180 machines
WD60PURZ - 85ZUFY1 Western Digital Purple Surveillance 179 machines
ST6000NM0065 Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v5 Enterprise 178 machines
ST6000VN0031 Seagate NAS NAS 176 machines
WD60PURX Western Digital Surveillance Surveillance 172 machines
HDWG160UZSVA(Bulk) Toshiba N300 NAS 171 machines
WD6005FFBX Western Digital Red Pro NAS 167 machines
WD6NPURX - 64JC5Y0 Western Digital Purple NV Surveillance 165 machines
HDWN160AZSTA Toshiba N300 NAS 157 machines
WD60EFRX_MYMN1 (NASware 3.0) Western Digital NAS NAS 157 machines
HUH728060ALE600 HGST Enterprise Enterprise 148 machines
HDWE160AZSTA Toshiba X300 Desktop 146 machines
HDWE160EZSTA Toshiba X300 Desktop 146 machines
HDWE160UZSVA Toshiba X300 Desktop 146 machines
HDWE160XZSTA Toshiba X300 Desktop 146 machines
ST6000VX001 Seagate Surveillance SKYHAWK Surveillance 146 machines
ST6000NE0023 - 2EX110 Seagate IronWolf Pro Enterprise NAS 145 machines
ST6000VX0013 Seagate Surveillance Surveillance 145 machines
MC04ACA600E Toshiba Enterprise Enterprise 144 machines
WD6001FFWX - 68Z39N0 Western Digital Red Pro Enterprise NAS 143 machines
ST6000NE0003 - 1ZM110 Seagate Enterprise NAS HDD Enterprise NAS 140 machines
ST6000NM0115 - 1YZ110 Seagate Exos 7E8 Enterprise 140 machines
WD6001FSYZ Western Digital Enterprise Enterprise 140 machines
WD60EFRX - 68L0BN1 Western Digital Red NAS 140 machines
MG08ADA600E Toshiba MG08-D Enterprise 133 machines
WD60EJRX Western Digital Purple Surveillance 133 machines
ST6000VN0033 - 2EE110 Seagate IronWolf NAS 132 machines
HDN726060ALE610 HGST NAS NAS 124 machines
MG08ADA600EY Toshiba MG08-D Enterprise 124 machines
HDN724060ALE640 HGST NAS NAS 122 machines
WD6001FSYZ - 01SS7B1 Western Digital Re Enterprise 122 machines
ST6000NM019B-2TG103 Seagate EXOS 7E10 Enterprise 121 machines