I have a bunch of external hard drives (10) ranging from 250g to 4T. will this host handle all then for sharing? Can you set to access wirelessly?
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I've set mine up for sharing with Win 7 64-bit and Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit, works fine sharing over the gig ethernet. For USB external drives, there are only 4 USB-2 ports. For wireless access to the N40L, you need a wireless router {ASUS, Almond etc.) and a USB wireless adapter (ASUS etc.). Win 7 works w/wireless, I did not try that with Linux. I hacked mine to support 6 internal SATA drives, 3 are 4TB (BIOS flash plus lots of cable kludge) - again, works fine. The BIOS flash is not recommended unless you can safely navigate dodgy eastern Europe hacker sites and know how to build the boot thumb drive. I've set mine up for sharing with Win 7 64-bit and Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit, works fine sharing over the gig ethernet. For USB external drives, there are only 4 USB-2 ports. For wireless access to the N40L, you need a wireless router {ASUS, Almond etc.) and a USB wireless adapter (ASUS etc.). Win 7 works w/wireless, I did not try that with Linux. I hacked mine to support 6 internal SATA drives, 3 are 4TB (BIOS flash plus lots of cable kludge) - again, works fine. The BIOS flash is not recommended unless you can safely navigate dodgy eastern Europe hacker sites and know how to build the boot... » Read More I've set mine up for sharing with Win 7 64-bit and Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit, works fine sharing over the gig ethernet. For USB external drives, there are only 4 USB-2 ports. For wireless access to the N40L, you need a wireless router {ASUS, Almond etc.) and a USB wireless adapter (ASUS etc.). Win 7 works w/wireless, I did not try that with Linux. I hacked mine to support 6 internal SATA drives, 3 are 4TB (BIOS flash plus lots of cable kludge) - again, works fine. The BIOS flash is not recommended unless you can safely navigate dodgy eastern Europe hacker sites and know how to build the boot thumb drive. « Show Less
2016109
This box holds 4 drives, you can add an additional drive housing that can handle 4-10 more drives via eSATA. This unit supports 4Tb drives in Windows (I'm using WHS which is based on Server 2003). I have it wired to my router, but there are slots so you could theoretically add a wireless network card (wouldn't recommend a USB one due to speed). I'm using WHS with Stablebit DrivePool to make the drives all appear as a single pool, but you should keep in mind that Microsoft has EOL'd WHS 2011.
2016110
How sharing is handled will depend on which operating system you install on the system -- the system does not come with an OS already installed.
2016111
It's not wireless, it has a wired Gigabit network card. I'm sure you can use all the different sized drives but you probably can't make them part of a drive array. Are you looking for a server or a way to share your hard drives? Windows server software (or Linux for that case) can share drives and folders but it takes some knowledge of the operating system.
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Yes. But not all external drives will work. I tried plugging in a 3TB drive and it did not get recognized. 1 TB one I tried worked fine.
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I have used it with a 4TB nas drive (ST4000VN000). So, I know it should go all the way up to 4 TB.
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Haven't used it for that. More/less planned to use as media server. But with alot of content (0.5TB-1TB) it's not ideal.
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I use a WD portable drive and it works well with this USB hub. (I did not try with more than one external drives.)
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Actually that depends. If you have a network router that provides the option for plugging in external hard-drives, and thus acting like a NAS (Network Attached Storage) device, then no - you do not need your computer to host this drive. Also, if you don't have something that will provide direct network access to the drive, you could just attach it to whatever computing device (as long as it has a USB 2.0 or greater port, I believe this is backward compatible to USB 2.0) that you would like to use it on at the time, i.e., a media server, laptop, desktop, even a tablet if it has the appropriate USB port (mini USB port might work if you have a conversion cable). Hope this helps. Actually that depends. If you have a network router that provides the option for plugging in external hard-drives, and thus acting like a NAS (Network Attached Storage) device, then no - you do not need your computer to host this drive. Also, if you don't have something that will provide direct network access to the drive, you could just attach it to whatever computing device (as long as it has a USB 2.0 or greater port, I believe this is backward compatible to USB 2.0) that you would like to use it on at the time, i.e., a media server, laptop, desktop, even a tablet if it has the... » Read More Actually that depends. If you have a network router that provides the option for plugging in external hard-drives, and thus acting like a NAS (Network Attached Storage) device, then no - you do not need your computer to host this drive. Also, if you don't have something that will provide direct network access to the drive, you could just attach it to whatever computing device (as long as it has a USB 2.0 or greater port, I believe this is backward compatible to USB 2.0) that you would like to use it on at the time, i.e., a media server, laptop, desktop, even a tablet if it has the appropriate USB port (mini USB port might work if you have a conversion cable). Hope this helps. « Show Less
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Yes, some 4T drives are supported. Hard disk compatibility can be searched for any of their units on their web site: http://www.synology.com/support/hd.php
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I love this drive. I'm about to get another. Yes, it can be connected via USB to your wireless network and accessed by multiple computers that way. Hopefully that answers your question.
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The manual doesn't say. I used a 1TB drive and it worked fine. You can add 2 external drives, but no mention of size limit there. You can map it as a network drive, so you can move content back and forth that way, but slower ofc.
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I didn't see anything in the documentation or technical specs that it directly supports the "USB Attached SCSI Protocol" (which is supported in Win8, but I don't think Win7). Keep in mind that the USB host controller also needs to support UASP. It should be able to natively support a 6TB drive. (Assuming the "Should" box was checked off on the engineering build sheet.) It's probably more a question of "Does your OS support 6TB in the way that you want to use it?"
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IF you do not have a user account that has access to a share on that drive then you will get an error mapping the drive.I thought there was a util;ity built in that would map a drive for you. i hve upgraded to a netgear nas
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I hate to say this but I was never able to get my GoFlex to work. Seagate exchanged it for another one and it wouldn't connect to my network either. I took it back and bought a WD wireless and it connected and worked just as it was supposed to.
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You can configure the drive to be either 4 TB or 8 TB. The device itself only contains two 4TB drives.
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Yep. My Seagate Desktop 4TB HDD had no problem connecting, so you should have no trouble.
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6TB Drives are supported. I am currently running it on my DS2413+ NAS.https://www.synology.com/en-us/compatibility/hd/DS2413+
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You should be able to however I would think external drives or sever would be a lot more efficient.
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The answer is a qualified yes, because it depends on the router. Go to http://kb.linksys.com/Linksys/GetArticle.aspx?docid=0868d4e24a6a468280c3cf270c1d6a31_21517.xml&pid=1&converted=0 for a list of the linksys wireless routers that support USB external storage. This will also tell you what you need to do to set up the storage. Keep in mind that the drive inside your enclosure must be formatted FAT32 or NTFS.