other models have stated that drives up to 3tb work. will this one work with a 3tb drive3?
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Yes it does work with 3Tb drives, but as Mr. Hastings hint at the duel drive does not work very well. I have 4 single drives and they work great but the one duel drive I have only works with one drive, if I put the second drive in windows 7 starts dropping both drives. Stick with the single and you will be better off.
1155078
I have a 3tb drive in mine and it works fine I don't see any reason why it won't work with a 4 Tb drive
910526
Hi Joey S.Yes, it works with 4TB drives, be sure the supplied power adapter is plugged to ensure enough power.Anker Team1-800-988-7973 support@ianker.com Mon-Fri 9am to 5pm(pst)
1017184
According to the instructions it will only support up to 3TB, but there have been reports of people using 4TB drives... So, you could try it, but to be on the safe side ask the manufacture.
1775462
Hi Frank, Well I don't know only used it with the 3 TB version of seagate , WD and the 4 TB of Hitachi, owned by Western Digital.Do not have a seagate 4 TB near by. My guess would be yes with a small risk of being wrong. cheers Marc
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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
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I have an earlier generation version of this and it works with 500 and 750gb drives but not a 2TB drive, so there do seem to be potential capacity issues. The seller should address this in the product specs - it's a glaring omission.
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Yes. It works with both drive types. I have about 25 left over 2.5" drives and have used them many times.This Plugable device is really just a hub for connecting SATA hard drives. Plugable is a great company too. Since I first ordered from them about 6 months ago, they are where I get all my 'generic' device needs. Always better than 'Made in China' type quality that we're used to.
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It should work fine, though I haven't used that brand drive myself. It's the correct type (SATA III).
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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.
410950
No I have not tried to use this with a 3.5 disk drive . Do not even have one any more.
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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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BE CAREFUL! this router DOES NOT support 3T hard drives, since it only works with MBR partitions, and HDs with over 2T are GPT. Im having this problem with my WD 3T external HD, and im trying to contact TP, to see if there is any alternative to partitioning MBR (id loose about 1T of disk space thus transforming a 3T HD into 2T) Hope this helps
66178
Yes it will work. I'm using it in this configuration with 2 Seagate 6TB drive. Seems like you will have full speed up to 4 drives then half of it up to 8 drives.
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I doubt it. I am not able to make it work with very many drives. I have gotten it to work with 1 WD 320 drive, but almost all others I have tried it won't talk to or requires that I format them every time I try and use them.
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No. FYI---I had problems using two Seagate 3 TB drives that were on the recommended drive list, support got them working but they stopped after 1 day of use. I know that this unit has gotten good reviews and is an inexpensive unit. Not like other NAS, you'll need to install the software that's included on each computer that you want to use the storage with. Buy the way, Iomega support said Western Digital drives worked more consistently with it than Seagates.
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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.