topic Re: FAS2220 question - third party drives? in ONTAP Hardware https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/FAS2220-question-third-party-drives/m-p/8449#M564 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>No, it is not the best practice and netapp filers doesn't see the third party drives. The drives shipped from netapp have the firmware code written. </P><P></P><P>If you want to use the third party storage attach to a netapp filer, you need to buy the v-series filers.</P><P></P><P>thank you,</P><P>aK G<BR /><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 06 Aug 2012 17:46:22 GMT AGUMADAVALLI 2012-08-06T17:46:22Z FAS2220 question - third party drives? https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/FAS2220-question-third-party-drives/m-p/8444#M563 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Can you use third party drives in the FAS2220?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:21:26 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/FAS2220-question-third-party-drives/m-p/8444#M563 meddle2012 2025-06-05T06:21:26Z Re: FAS2220 question - third party drives? https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/FAS2220-question-third-party-drives/m-p/8449#M564 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>No, it is not the best practice and netapp filers doesn't see the third party drives. The drives shipped from netapp have the firmware code written. </P><P></P><P>If you want to use the third party storage attach to a netapp filer, you need to buy the v-series filers.</P><P></P><P>thank you,</P><P>aK G<BR /><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 06 Aug 2012 17:46:22 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/FAS2220-question-third-party-drives/m-p/8449#M564 AGUMADAVALLI 2012-08-06T17:46:22Z