how would this work with drives of different sizes? seems like it wouldn't lay plat on a table. Thanks!!
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Host drive A has to be smaller than the drive it is copying to which would be drive B
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I've been using mine for a couple of months, and I use it often. The hard drives must be removed from any carriers so you end up with the hard drive only. Example is a Dell desktop has to have the hard drive unsnapped from it's plastic housing or carrier. Dell laptops sometimes will have to be unscrewed from their housings. Then the drives will lay flat. The source drive must be the same size or smaller than the target drive. When everything is setup and powered up, double click the red button and data transfer starts happening.
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I just mount mine to the side 5.25" bay with 1 screw on one side to hold it, works fine.They are very light weight drives, don't need much to mount it.
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I've actually copied a few smaller to larger drives, but I can't remember how it handled the partition on the new drives. If it didn't automatically resize to fill the drive, then it was trivial to do within Windows because I know I didn't spend a lot of time doing it, and I definitely didn't use partitioning software.
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It's a little bit fatter than the smaller USB drives. If the USB ports are side by side, you should have no problem. If the USB ports are one above the other, you might need a connecting cable for this drive.
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works great with GPT partition tables and linux. I'm using 3.17 kernel (ubuntu based) on an i3 haswell system. wd blue enterprise (7200rpm) drives are clearly seen and full size is accessible. even via linux md-raid (mirroring) it works great. be sure to use gpt tables and not older dos style partitions.
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Yes and it works well this way, every drive is seen individually as a SATA (or SAS)-attached device. I use this for a FreeNAS system with a 12-drive backplane and it works wonderfully.
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I went through a couple of these that never worked out of the box, so if you are going to try it, stick to the specs. I returned 2 of them and switched to the Buffalo LinkStation LS-WVL/E and it has been working great with two 3TB drives.
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Not sure, I put a 3tb in mine, but I also have a 4tb external connected to it. I don't see why it wouldn't accept a 4tb drive internally.
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While I have not tried a 3TB hard drive in this device I have used it with a 2TB drive and see no reason why a 3TB wouldn't work!
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From what I know, these drives are specifically made for servers. I used it for my Synology without any issues, and I don't think you will get any issues also.
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Hello Justin. The drive is bigger than others but not so much. I can plug it with other devices without any problem.Regards.
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This will work in any desktop with an open SATA port, but this NAS drive is especially suited to devices that will run 24x7 (like a NAS, or Network Attached Storage device). Seagate makes another version of this drive that might be a less expensive alternative for a "normal" desktop.
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I use an external cradle to mount the drive. Since the drive is completely sealed, it's not an issue. I have three cradles that hold five drives and have yet to have any problems.
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I haven't had any problems with any of the 3.5" drives I have tried. I think I have a Western Digital Green 1Tb in one and a 1.5Tb in the other at the moment (I have two, one for my main drive, the second for my backup).
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The Power rails on mine can't support more than one drive at a time (thing broke within two weeks or so). I wouldn't rely on it for heavy server storage loads.
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Likely not the caddy (which basically to secure the drive in place). Possibilities: loose connection(s) such as drive not firmly inserted to the inner mini sata connector, etc.
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The one I received didn't work at all. I returned it for a Drobo. I use 2TB drives in the Drobo so I don't know about 4 in that.