What is the maximum size of each attached USB drive? 3TB?
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To be honest I'm to sure because the most attached memory I added was 8gb, and that it was only to transfer data. I only used up a little more than 180gbs. I would imagine that you could though.
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the drive limit is 2TB per drive. which considering theyre still making this item you would think they would put out a firmware update if nothing else. im hoping that if they make a new generation f this product that they not only put all the usb ports on one side, but also make them... oh gee i dunno.... a usb port speed that was invented in the current decade, and support for drives larger than 2TB would be a nice addition as well.their support team told me to get my 4 3TB drives to work on it that i shoudl format them and make just a 2TB partition and just ignore the rest of my space, oh, and of course ignore the fact that i just deleted 12TB of data the drive limit is 2TB per drive. which considering theyre still making this item you would think they would put out a firmware update if nothing else. im hoping that if they make a new generation f this product that they not only put all the usb ports on one side, but also make them... oh gee i dunno.... a usb port speed that was invented in the current decade, and support for drives larger than 2TB would be a nice addition as well.their support team told me to get my 4 3TB drives to work on it that i shoudl format them and make just a 2TB partition and just ignore the rest of... » Read More the drive limit is 2TB per drive. which considering theyre still making this item you would think they would put out a firmware update if nothing else. im hoping that if they make a new generation f this product that they not only put all the usb ports on one side, but also make them... oh gee i dunno.... a usb port speed that was invented in the current decade, and support for drives larger than 2TB would be a nice addition as well.their support team told me to get my 4 3TB drives to work on it that i shoudl format them and make just a 2TB partition and just ignore the rest of my space, oh, and of course ignore the fact that i just deleted 12TB of data « Show Less
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I believe that only an eSata drive can be added to expand storage, in a RAID 0 configuration. What the limit is on that doesn't seem to be documented anywhere, but I'd assume at least 1TB. I haven't found any size limit for USB drives either, but since you can only copy to/from or backup/restore using USB drives that makes a huge drive of limited value anyway. I suspect the only way we'll know is to remove the internal drive, attach it to a PC, and see what filesystem the Mediashare uses. Sorry, wish I had a more helpful answer.
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Actually, disregard my previous response. I had this drive, but it was a 2TB model, not 3TB. There's a limit of 2.19TB for older Windows version (including Win 7) unless you have hardware that supports GPT partitioning, which I honestly don't know much about at this time. I'd recommend going with a 2TB version to be on the safe side.
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I personally have a 2TB installed, so i cannot speak for that. But i don't think it's an issue, since it's just a normal SATA to USB adapter, i don't think that there's going to be an issue with using a 3TB Drive or larger.
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The device is about 2.3" x 1.5" x 5/8" in size. Larger than some flash drives. I have one old flash drive that is almost this size.
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as long as you leave it formatted in NTFS,(which is the format that mine came in with) there really isn't a size limit. If you re-format to FAT32,then it's 4gig.
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Like all 3.5" drives this is powered by a plugpack. You can buy 2TB drives in 2.5" format which are powered by USB.
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I just have a 2 TB drive in it at the moment. If it says that 4 TB is the limit, you probably should respect that. I have found that docking bases tend to top out at 4 TB as well, so maybe that's the current limit.
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I'm not clear what you are asking. The length of the files, how wide, or something else. Please clarify.
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According to the box the max is 1TB drive. I have 500gb drives in the 2 I got the drives are a tight fit
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I'm having a problem with a 3TB drive... shows up as 2.2TB and 800GB. Refer to http://www.pcworld.com/article/235088/everything_you_need_to_know_about_3TB_hard_drives.html
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I see this question a number of times here. There is a misunderstanding about disks 3TB or larger will only show 2.19TB. ONLY IF you are trying to make it a bootable device. If you are going to use it as a backup disks and if you just want to dump files there, it is not a problem. I would say it is Amazon's problem in that they were not clear. This is unfortunate, but I wonder if anyone chose a lower capacity disk due to the comment.
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While I have not verified this myself, the Specifications on the outside of the box shows "HDD Size Supports up to 2 TB"
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3GB is the maximum capacity that I've been able to bring mine upto. Excellent for Debian/Redhat/Ubuntu Linux distribution.
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This whole thing is a scam, nothing else. Nothing to do with cluster size.The drives have a capacity of maybe 16 gb or something, they are programmed to show more.I walked in a similar trap 3 years ago.If you have time to spend, google 'fake usb' or something like that.
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YES!!! Those are the dimentions of my 1TB HD, and is perfect too!!! Don´t worry about!
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The default is 3.5" drives. I have used an IcyDock to support 2.5" SSD drives as well.
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Im going to say 1tb. Dont hesitate to buy this system, i have it in 13 locations and the quality is unbelievable.