https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Straying-outside-the-HWU-re-compatibility/m-p/464882#M12132 <P>The real answer here is "YMMV".<BR /><BR />It is possible the system may run okay with unsupported disks (for that ONTAP version).<BR /><BR />The only way to know is to try.<BR /><BR />It is not&nbsp;<EM>supported</EM>, which means NetApp cannot assist with any issues encountered with using the newer disks.<BR /><BR />Just make sure the DQP is updated and there's a chance that ONTAP will use the disks.</P> Wed, 17 Dec 2025 18:21:09 GMT JonathanGaudette 2025-12-17T18:21:09Z https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Straying-outside-the-HWU-re-compatibility/m-p/464858#M12131 <P>Hi,&nbsp;<BR />I'm curious if there is any leeway in supported hardware for EOA/EOS systems, such as a FAS8020.&nbsp; Have a customer running 8.2.3 7-mode and wanting to add about 800TB of capacity, but we want to use larger drives than the officially-supported max of 6TB per spindle.&nbsp; I do see at higher ONTAP versions, more supported disks come into the fold, but was wondering if anyone had successfully gone outside of the HWU boundaries before.&nbsp;<BR />Thanks!</P> Tue, 16 Dec 2025 15:16:40 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Straying-outside-the-HWU-re-compatibility/m-p/464858#M12131 SEIMTEXTER 2025-12-16T15:16:40Z https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Straying-outside-the-HWU-re-compatibility/m-p/464882#M12132 <P>The real answer here is "YMMV".<BR /><BR />It is possible the system may run okay with unsupported disks (for that ONTAP version).<BR /><BR />The only way to know is to try.<BR /><BR />It is not&nbsp;<EM>supported</EM>, which means NetApp cannot assist with any issues encountered with using the newer disks.<BR /><BR />Just make sure the DQP is updated and there's a chance that ONTAP will use the disks.</P> Wed, 17 Dec 2025 18:21:09 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Straying-outside-the-HWU-re-compatibility/m-p/464882#M12132 JonathanGaudette 2025-12-17T18:21:09Z