Can this device use ANY SATA 6Gb/s hard drive or does it require specific types ( like NAS ).
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While true, you can get three more of the SSD trays. May be optional, but it does work.
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It can use any drive, I use WD Red drives myself. Piece of cake to use and very very reliable.
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I would say yes. I am using only SSDs in it now but, I did put Hard Drives in it to test it before I got my SSD adapters for it and all worked very well.
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Hi, it is compatible with any SATA hard drive; however it is recommended to avoid green consumer drives such as the WD Green or Blue. Thanks!
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if the package says they have a 1.5 ghz transfer rate, then you will NOT get the 6gps of SATA 3. These will still work, you just wont get 100% performance out of them.
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Yes, it will work with mostly any SATA device, however, the form factor is more geared toward optical drives. you would need adapter rails to get a hard drive to stay put in the casing.
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These devices work only with seagate go flex hard drives. I tried it with a standard sata drive it does not work. Very lame! Not sure what type of drive you are referring to with 3/4TB size. Standard or go flex type. I didn't see go flex type so I'm guessing you are referring to standard - if so - they won't work.
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It should. There is one drive that Synology shows as supported for the DS2413+ so far (the Seagate ST6000NM0024), but basically the fact that one 6 TB drive works means that there are no limitations in the HW (SATA controller chips, processor addressing limitations, etc.) or the most recent DSM software that would prevent other 6 TB drives from working. Folks on the Synology user forums are reporting that they are using various 6 TB drives successfully in various Synology models at this time.
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Standard SATA connectors, will work with any SATA port. May not be the cheapest drive you can buy for what you're describing, but that's your call.
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MANUFACTURER ANSWER: Thanks for asking! Our U3 dock should support a 4TB SATA drive. If you have an older dock you might need a firmware update: http://plugable.com/2013/03/05/usb3-sata-u3-firmware-update
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It is tricky wording. You will be compatible with Sata III drives but will be limited by the usb3 speed. Sata III is 6Gb/s usb3 is 5Gb/s.
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If you plug in any drive or add to nas it would work. Make sure all drives are same speed but I wouldn't. It's not a good idea. Use internal drives for nas
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Yes, the drivers must be the same size and SATA interface. There are some especific NAS drivers for NAS stations, have a look should be better.
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It is not SATA technology. It is PATA or EIDE. I bought this for my older computer that still works great but these drives are no longer available in local stores.
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Although I am not sure what speed [P]ATA drive I used the device functions without any issues. The [P]ATA should automatically use a compatible speed. ATA is synonymous with PATA after SATA was created.
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Not 100% sure but SATA III (revision 3.x) interface, formally known as SATA 6Gb/s, is a third generation SATA interface running at 6.0Gb/s. The bandwidth throughput, which is supported by the interface, is up to 600MB/s. This interface is backwards compatible with SATA 3 Gb/s interface. This particular device claims a transfer rate up to 480Mbps, leading me to believe its a III
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The specs for the enclosure don't indicate anything beyond supporting 2.5" SATA drives; however, the version of this enclosure from Oyen Digital that ships with a 1TB hard drive uses the Hitachi 0J22423 Travelstar 7K 1000 7200RPM 6Gb drive supporting "up to 572 MB/sec" via USB3. So, both 3Gb/s drives and 6Gb/s drives are supported. I have both the FW800/USB3 version of this enclosure using a 1Tb Hybrid drive and the FW800/USB2 versions using a 500Gb Samsung SSD drive. While I have not bench-marked them, I get good performance from both.
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Absolutely. However I would recommend populating with WD Red hard drives which are preferred for NAS RAID use and using the 4TB size hard drives since you are limited to only 4 bays. In a pinch however, you can use any four SATA hard drives of any capacity and /or manufacture and it will work just fine.
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It does handle SATA III (6 GB/s), but your speeds are really determined/limited by the USB 3.0 or Firewire 800 interfaces. I am using it with a SATA III SSD as a boot drive for my mac mini, using USB 3.0, and it is incredibly fast. This is an excellent external HD enclosure.
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Yes it can take 4TB hard drives if you update the firmware. You can update the firmware without having any drives in it. It can take all sata drives and even SSDs. Use western digital red for storage (5400 RPM) or black for speed (7200 RPM).