Compatible hard drives for QNAP TS-659 Pro

183 drives are on QNAP's official compatibility list for the TS-659 Pro, up to 6TB listed. Read from qnap.com, list refreshed 2026-11-03.

6-bay Legacy model

QNAP
183
Listed drives
19
NAS line
72
Enterprise line
92
SSD & surveillance

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

6TB (3) 5TB (2) 4TB (24) 3TB (28) 2TB (31) 1.5TB (5) 1TB (36) 1TB & below (54)

Where to start on the TS-659 Pro

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:

Full TS-659 Pro compatibility list

Grouped by part number; Max shows the largest capacity QNAP lists. Filter by brand, line or capacity:

DriveBrandSeriesLineTypeMax listed
MC04ACA600E Toshiba Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 6 TB
ST6000NM0024 Seagate Seagate Enterprise Capacity Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 6 TB
WD60EFRX (Red NASware 3.0) Western Digital NAS NAS SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 6 TB
MC04ACA500E Toshiba Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 5 TB
MG04ACA500E Toshiba Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 5 TB
H3IKNAS40003272SA (0S03666) HGST Deskstar NAS NAS SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 4 TB
H3IKNAS40003272SE (0S03665) HGST Deskstar NAS NAS SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 4 TB
H3IKNAS40003272SE2PK (0S03903) HGST NAS NAS SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 4 TB
H3IKNAS40003272SE4PK (0S03678) HGST NAS NAS SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 4 TB
H3IKNAS40003272SJ (0S03667) HGST Deskstar NAS NAS SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 4 TB
H3IKNAS40003272SN (0S03664) HGST Deskstar NAS NAS SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 4 TB
H3IKNAS40003272SN4PK (0S03677) HGST NAS NAS SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 4 TB
H3IKNAS40003272SP2PK (0S03902) HGST NAS NAS SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 4 TB
HDN724040ALE640 HGST NAS NAS SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 4 TB
HDS724040ALE640 (H3IK40003272SW) Hitachi Consumer Other SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 4 TB
HMS5C4040BLE640 (MegaScale DC 4000.B) HGST Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 4 TB
HUS724040ALA640 (Ultrastar 7K4000) HGST Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 4 TB
HUS724040ALE640 (MJAOA3B0) HGST Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 4 TB
MC04ACA400E Toshiba Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 4 TB
MG03ACA400 Toshiba Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 4 TB
MG04ACA400E Toshiba Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 4 TB
ST4000NC000 (Terascale HDD) Seagate Terascale Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 4 TB
ST4000NC001 (Terascale HDD) Seagate Terascale Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 4 TB
ST4000NM0033 (Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD) Seagate Seagate® Constellation® Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 4 TB
ST4000VM000 Seagate Consumer Video Other SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 4 TB
WD4000F9YZ (Se) Western Digital Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 4 TB
WD4000FYYZ (WD Re) Western Digital Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 4 TB
WD4001FAEX Western Digital Consumer Other SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 4 TB
WD4001FFSX (Red Pro NASware 3.0) Western Digital Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 4 TB
DT01ACA300 Toshiba Consumer DT01 Other SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 3 TB
H3IKNAS30003272SA (0S03662) HGST Deskstar NAS NAS SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 3 TB
H3IKNAS30003272SE (0S03661) HGST Deskstar NAS NAS SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 3 TB
H3IKNAS30003272SE2PK (0S03899) HGST NAS NAS SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 3 TB
H3IKNAS30003272SE4PK (0S03674) HGST NAS NAS SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 3 TB
H3IKNAS30003272SJ (0S03663) HGST Deskstar NAS NAS SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 3 TB
H3IKNAS30003272SN (0S03660) HGST Deskstar NAS NAS SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 3 TB
H3IKNAS30003272SN4PK (0S03673) HGST NAS NAS SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 3 TB
H3IKNAS30003272SP2PK (0S03898) HGST NAS NAS SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 3 TB
HDN724030ALE640 HGST NAS NAS SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 3 TB
HDS5C3030ALA630 Hitachi Consumer Other SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 3 TB
HDS723030ALA640 Hitachi Consumer Other SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 3 TB
HUA723030ALA640 HGST Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 3 TB
HUS724030ALA640 (Ultrastar 7K4000) HGST Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 3 TB
HUS724030ALE640 HGST Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 3 TB
MC04ACA300E Toshiba Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 3 TB
MG03ACA300 Toshiba Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 3 TB
MG04ACA300E Toshiba Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 3 TB
ST3000NC000 (Terascale HDD) Seagate Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 3 TB
ST3000NC002 (Terascale HDD) Seagate Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 3 TB
ST3000NM0033 (Constellation ES.3) Seagate Seagate® Constellation® Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 3 TB
ST3000VM002 Seagate Consumer Other SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 3 TB
ST3000VX000 Seagate Surveillance Surveillance SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 3 TB
ST33000650NS Seagate CONSTELLATION ES Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 3 TB
ST33000651AS Seagate Consumer Other SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 3 TB
WD3000F9YZ (Se) Western Digital Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 3 TB
WD3000FYYZ (WD Re) Western Digital Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 3 TB
WD3001FFSX (Red Pro NASware 3.0) Western Digital Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 3 TB
DT01ACA200 (HDS723020BLE640) Toshiba Consumer DT01 Other SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 2 TB
HD203WI Samsung Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 2 TB
HD204UI Samsung Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 2 TB
HDS5C3020ALA632 Hitachi Consumer Other SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 2 TB
HDS722020ALA330 Hitachi Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 2 TB
HDS723020BLA642 Hitachi Consumer Other SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 2 TB
HUA722020ALA330 HIKVISION Enterprise Enterprise SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 2 TB
HUA723020ALA640 HGST Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 2 TB
HUS724020ALA640 (Ultrastar 7K4000) HGST Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 2 TB
HUS724020ALE640 HGST Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 2 TB
MC04ACA200E Toshiba Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 2 TB
MG03ACA200 Toshiba Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 2 TB
MG04ACA200E Toshiba Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 2 TB
MK2002TSKB (MT2A) Toshiba Enterprise Enterprise SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 2 TB
ST2000NC000 (Terascale HDD) Seagate Surveillance Surveillance SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 2 TB
ST2000NC001 (Terascale HDD) Seagate Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 2 TB
ST2000NM0011 Seagate Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 2 TB
ST2000NM0033 (Constellation ES.3) Seagate Seagate® Constellation® Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 2 TB
ST2000VM003 Seagate Consumer Pipeline Other SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 2 TB
ST2000VX000 Seagate Surveillance SV35.6 Series™ Surveillance SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 2 TB
ST32000542AS Seagate Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 2 TB
ST32000641AS Seagate Consumer Other SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 2 TB
ST32000644NS Seagate CONSTELLATION ES Enterprise SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 2 TB
ST32000645NS Seagate Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 2 TB
WD2000F9YZ (Se) Western Digital Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 2 TB
WD2000FYYZ (WD Re) Western Digital Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 2 TB
WD2001FASS Western Digital Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 2 TB
WD2001FFSX (Red Pro NASware 3.0) Western Digital Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 2 TB
WD2002FAEX Western Digital Consumer Other SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 2 TB
WD2002FYPS Western Digital Enterprise Enterprise SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 2 TB
WD2003FYYS Western Digital Enterprise Enterprise SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 2 TB
HD154UI Samsung Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 1.5 TB
HDS723015BLA642 Hitachi Consumer Other SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 1.5 TB
ST1500DL003 Seagate Consumer Other SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 1.5 TB
ST31500341AS Seagate Consumer BarraCuda Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 1.5 TB
ST31500541AS Seagate Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 1.5 TB
DT01ACA100 Toshiba Consumer DT01 Other SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 1 TB
HD103SI Samsung Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 1 TB
HD103SJ Samsung Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 1 TB
HD103UI Samsung Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 1 TB
HD103UJ Samsung Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 1 TB
HDE721010SLA330 Hitachi Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 1 TB
HDS721010CLA332 HGST Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 1 TB
HDS721010KLA330 Hitachi Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 1 TB
HDT721010SLA360 Hitachi Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 1 TB
HE103UJ Samsung Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 1 TB
MG03ACA100 Toshiba Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 1 TB
MK1002TSKB (MT2A) Toshiba Enterprise Enterprise SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 1 TB
ST1000NC000 (Terascale HDD) Seagate Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 1 TB
ST1000NC001 (Terascale HDD) Seagate Terascale Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 1 TB
ST1000NM0011 Seagate Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 1 TB
ST1000NM0033 (Constellation ES.3) Seagate Seagate® Constellation® Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 1 TB
ST1000VM002 Seagate Consumer Pipeline Other SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 1 TB
ST1000VX000 Seagate Surveillance SV35.6 Series™ Surveillance SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 1 TB
ST31000333AS Seagate Consumer BarraCuda Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 1 TB
ST31000340AS Seagate Consumer BarraCuda Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 1 TB
ST31000340NS Seagate Surveillance Enterprise SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 1 TB
ST31000520AS Seagate Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 1 TB
ST31000524AS Seagate Consumer Other SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 1 TB
ST31000524NS Seagate CONSTELLATION ES Enterprise SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 1 TB
ST31000528AS Seagate Consumer BarraCuda Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 1 TB
WD1000DHTZ Western Digital Consumer Other SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) (10000RPM) 1 TB
WD1001FALS Western Digital Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 1 TB
WD1002F9YZ (Se) Western Digital Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 1 TB
WD1002FAEX Western Digital Consumer Other SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 1 TB
WD1002FBYS Western Digital Enterprise Enterprise SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 1 TB
WD1003FBYX Western Digital Enterprise Enterprise SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 1 TB
WD1003FBYZ Western Digital Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 1 TB
WD10EACS Western Digital Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 1 TB
WD10EALS Western Digital Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 1 TB
WD10EALX Western Digital Consumer Other SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 1 TB
WD10EVCS Western Digital Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 1 TB
HD753LJ Samsung Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 750 GB
HDE721075SLA330 Hitachi Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 750 GB
HDS721075KLA330 Hitachi Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 750 GB
HDT721075SLA360 Hitachi Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 750 GB
ST3750330AS Seagate Consumer BarraCuda Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 750 GB
ST3750330NS Seagate Surveillance Enterprise SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 750 GB
ST3750528AS Seagate Consumer BarraCuda Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 750 GB
ST3750630AS Seagate Consumer BarraCuda Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 750 GB
WD7500AACS Western Digital Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 750 GB
WD7500AAKS Western Digital Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 750 GB
WD7500AALX Western Digital Consumer Other SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 750 GB
WD7500AVCS Western Digital Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 750 GB
WD7501AALS Western Digital Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 750 GB
HD642JJ Samsung Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 640 GB
ST3640323AS Seagate Consumer BarraCuda Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 640 GB
WD6400AACS Western Digital Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 640 GB
WD6400AAKS Western Digital Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 640 GB
WD6401AALS Western Digital Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 640 GB
WD6402AAEX Western Digital Consumer Other SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 640 GB
HD502HI Samsung Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 500 GB
HD502lJ Samsung Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 500 GB
HDS721050CLA662 HGST Consumer Other SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 500 GB
ST3500320AS Seagate Consumer BarraCuda Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 500 GB
ST3500320NS Seagate Surveillance Enterprise SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 500 GB
ST3500413AS Seagate Consumer Other SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 500 GB
ST3500418AS Seagate Consumer BarraCuda Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 500 GB
ST3500514NS Seagate CONSTELLATION ES Enterprise SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 500 GB
ST3500620AS Seagate Consumer BarraCuda Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 500 GB
ST500DM002 Seagate BarraCuda Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 500 GB
ST500NM0011 Seagate Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 500 GB
WD5000AACS Western Digital Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 500 GB
WD5000AAJS Western Digital Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 500 GB
WD5000AAKS Western Digital Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 500 GB
WD5000AAKX Western Digital Consumer Other SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 500 GB
WD5000AVVS Western Digital Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 500 GB
WD5000HHTZ (VelociRaptor) Western Digital Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) (10000RPM) 500 GB
WD5001AALS Western Digital Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 500 GB
WD5003ABYX Western Digital Enterprise Enterprise SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 500 GB
WD5003ABYZ Western Digital Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) 500 GB
WD4500HLHX Western Digital Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) (10000RPM) 450 GB
WD4000AAJS Western Digital Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 400 GB
WD4000AAKS Western Digital Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 400 GB
ST3320418AS Seagate Consumer BarraCuda Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 320 GB
ST3320613AS Seagate Consumer BarraCuda Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 320 GB
WD3200AAJS Western Digital Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 320 GB
WD3200AAKS Western Digital Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 320 GB
WD3000HLHX Western Digital Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) (10000RPM) 300 GB
ST32500310NS Seagate Enterprise Enterprise SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 250 GB
ST3250318AS Seagate Consumer BarraCuda Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 250 GB
WD2500AAKS Western Digital Consumer Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 250 GB
WD2500HHTZ (VelociRaptor) Western Digital Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) (10000RPM) 250 GB
ST3160318AS Seagate Consumer BarraCuda Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 160 GB
ST3160813AS Seagate Consumer BarraCuda Other SATA 3Gb/s (SATA II) 160 GB
WD1500HLHX Western Digital Enterprise Enterprise SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) (10000RPM) 150 GB

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