Please clarify. Does this enclosure support a 3TB drive? Also, does this have a fan?
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I don't know about a drive capacity limit but can say it does NOT have a fan.
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Yes natively supports 3 TB has no fan and has never gotten hot and it runs in my Linux machine 24 /7Works with OSX , windows and Linux never an issue excellent hardware
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No, it does not have a fan. To be honest, I do not think it needs one. I have 10 of these things (I am a photographer) and have had no problems.
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I only have a 1TB drive, but blurb says it's been tested with up to 4TB.There is no fan. That wouldn't be a bad idea, as, although I've had no problems, it does get quite warm.
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I have several Seagate 4 TB drives plugged into my StarTech Hard Drive Enclosures, so 3 TB should be no problem. As far as the fan goes, it has none, but the only time I have felt I need a little more cooling is when I copy many TB to the drive over several days. Then I do set up a portable fan to be safe.
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here is what you needVantec Dual 3.5-Inch SATA to USB 3.0/eSATA External HDD Enclosure with Fan (NST-620S3R-BK)
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I have 3 TB drives in a raid 5 configuration. No issues yet. We use it primarily for time machine backups.
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No, I am using it in a non-raid setup. I did try to use it with a 2 TB drive as a 4th drive. It didn't work. I then put a 500 MB drive on it and it worked. I put the 2 TB directly on a standard sata port.
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Yes, it is a 3TB hard drive. When you take it out of the box and hook it up to your computer, go to "Get Info" and it will show you the capacity of itself. LaCie rocks! The HD truly works as easily as they advertise. I give it five stars. Jude Hibler
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The others have already answered it. You are buying the enclosure and software to make your hard drives function. The fans on the enclosure keeps things running quietly and cool. This particular unit I bought to put 2 of the 2TB WD red hard drives
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We have the seller here indicating that this enclosure will work with a 6Tb drive, whereas there is another question raising an inability to run a 4Tb drive - which is answered by a comment that a 2Tb drive was successfully housed. We need to have the seller or manufacturer settle these questions. IS THERE an upper limit to drive capacity; or are there any limits to drive type or SATA permutations?
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There is no drive included, but there is a bay that supports 2.5 inch drives. I currently use a 240gb mSATA for the OS and 1tb for misc files and media.
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No Fan. A fan is not required. The hard drive protrudes above the unit and is air cooled.
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Up to 4 hard drives of 2 TB each. Total of 8 TB. This is the capacity assured by the manufacturer.But many users stated that the unit will handle 3TB drives too.
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The manufacturer claims 2TB drives work. Unofficial reports claim 3TB drives work if they don't draw too much power. The other thing is that some of the 6TB drives have unusual screw hole placements. You can make that work with a little DIY, but for the average computer user, power tools and computers do not go together well. I'd look for a more modern enclosure, personally. This one's a little long in the tooth and I did go through two of them in about four years.
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I have 2 (two) 8TB Seagate 3.5" hard drive in it and both works flawlessly, writing at the same time using a single eSATA interface. So with 4TB only 50% of my capacity per drive, it will support. In fact, I don't think it's the box's job to claim what it supports, it's just a marketing ploy and as you can see it's outdated. 6TB and 8TB drives are out now and they work.
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There is updated firmware to support 3TB drives in each drive bay. But I don't know about 4TB. It might work or need another firmware update.
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it supports full Sata III with USB3.0 but 3Gbs with esata cable..... which is what i use. It is very fast and by far the best Hard Drive Enclosure for 2.5-Inch hard drive i have ever used bar none !
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I have installed a 3TB drive and it has been working without any issues. I believe that the drive size would be more of a function of the operating system and Device Monitor settings. If you have a drive I would try it but if you want to be safe, I would use a 3TB. This is a link to the Mediasonic product forum http://forum.mediasonic.ca/search.php?sid=1802efeb494c71a15013ae8c81a53b31The product forum does talk about users installing 4TB drives in their 5 bay version of this enclosure.
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2.5 inch, no room for an 3.5 drive you should go with the SSD, its easier on the power supply. I am not sure the compatibility between sata 2 & sata 3, the box has USB 3, that is good. I was surprised to see the box run win server 2012 when we loaded it as a domain controller.
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I got this 3 TB drive. Personally it is no different from the 2 TB other then the obvious 1 TB extra. One thing to note since this drive is larger then 2 TB it will have to be formatted with GPT (GUID Partition Table) not MBR (Master Boot Record). You OS mush be able to support that, Windows 7 and up.