I have 2 SAS drives, can I use them on this enclosure even though its specs state SATA II or SATA III?
998175
Usually SAS and Sata are not interchangeable. But if the drive says compatible then why not try in a computer sata port. If it works there then it will sure work with link station.
998176
I guess not, SAS drivers are not suported, have a look for more details in http://d.buffalo.jp/ls421de/
1271012
it will work but you wont see the full performance of the drives. you'll get between 300 and 375mb/s on sata 2.
1681861
Most SATA3 devices are compatible with SATA1 and SATA2. Definitely research, but from experience most likely you're fine.
782508
You can use any SATA drive, I think. I would recommend a drive intended for continuous use, such as a NAS drive. I picked a WD Red, 4TB,
685804
I don't see it listed among the compatible sata's on www.synology.com/en-global/support/hd/model/DS1513+
513057
I cannot answer that. This item didn't work to clone my SATA drive correctly. I returned the item for a refund.
284864
SATA3 drives are backwards compatible with SATA1. It's merely a bandwidth upgrade that you won't be able to take advantage of. So you should be alright with this drive though you might lose a bit of performance in the read speed in some instances.
1415953
No, see http://www.differencebetween.net/technology/difference-between-sata-and-esata/
390964
This is internal drive, so we assume you already have an adapter that convert internal SATA port to eSATA2. If that's the case it will work.
658856
Any SATA drives will work, but I would recommend using the same drives in both bays.
1137922
As long as your hdd enclosure is sata compatible, I don't see why not. This is a 6Gb/s drive so you're better off with something that supports SATA III. SATA I: 1.5Gb/s. SATA II: 3Gb/s. SATA III: 6Gb/s.
109220
you can install any hard drive SATA or SAS as long you have the correct cables or asapters please the Dell Guide for compatibiliries thanks
187877
Yes. It is comparable with all SATA drives. You just wouldn't be able to take advantage of the speeds of SATA III obviously.
331893
Yes. Sata 3 drives are backwards compatible with Sata 2 Connections and vice versa. But you'll be capped with Sata 2 speed.
2119145
It's the same connection as a 2tb, it's SATA3, any windows 7 or 8 will compatible, the major spec you have to look is your motherboard, it has to be a uefi compatible board to go beyond the 2tb limit, if it's a recent motherboard it probably is, just check your manufacturer and model to be 100%. Search for: 3tb and uefi motherboards. Hope this helps
765517
No you would need two of these:HighPoint Internal Mini-SAS to 4SATA(SFF8087 to SATA), 1M (3 feet) Int-MS-1M4S
777646
You can mix SAS and SATA drives in the same controller but not in the same an array. If you already have SAS drives, you can use these but must create a new array for them.