Good support for older drives? (AT, ATA)
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I'm not sure what you mean by "older drives;" however, it has been very stable with each of the ATA drives that I've used. I have not encountered any problems using this device. GOOD LUCK!
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They use Sata connections. So if the drives have SATA (the flat 'blade like' connections...one for power and one for data) they will accept them. If you have older style drives with IDE connectors, you need different equipment. Usually the IDE type equipment has the IDE connector at the end of the cable but they also come with SATA connectors.
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no jumpers at all no options for anything no documents eithermay work the other way to hook a sata drive to an older computer I do not have anything old the oldest machine I got is an amd 6 core with windows 7 ultimate
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All SATA is backward compatible AFAIK. I think that's why Seagate doesn't mention it in their specs. I've never had a problem -- I'm using two of these (3GB each) in a NAS that only supports 3gbs.
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As long as your Operating System supports the drives then it should be no problem.
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Both NTFS and Fat 32 formatted discs or USB sticks are supported. Cheers! Marty G
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Hmm... I personally don't know this either (I too would like to know -- in case anyone has tested it out). However, the product picture show the "SERIAL ATA" logo with "1.5Gb/s" below it -- making me believe it is not SATA 3Gb/s or SATA 6Gb/s. I am looking for one that supports 3Gb/s.
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You should be fine. The target drive has to be SATA, but the source drive will be read by the controller on the mobo. The supplied cord will not plug into the old drive, so you won't be able to use it to interface the old drive later.
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Any SATA drives will work, but I would recommend using the same drives in both bays.
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http://www.synology.com/support/hd.php#94Here is a list of the recommended hard drives. I went by price, but any of them should work well for you. Doug
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"Support current model 3TB hard drives"This is according to the manufacturer's website: http://www.cavalrystorage.com/en-cahdd-u3c.aspx
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Any drive should work. Just check the depth. The biggest issue is going to routing the cables if the drive is too deep. Also if you use the drive you sacrifice one hdd. That is assuming full atx is install (that is how I have it)
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Hi, I suggest buying a caddy to put your drives in, I assume SATA, and then you can transfer them without issue to the RAID. You can usually buy USB Caddy or enclosures for less than $20. Hope this helps.BR,Dave
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I have the Seagate 2tb and I also run Windows 7 and it just asked me to upload an out of date app but it works. That's all I can tell you.
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I used a 2TB Seagate drive, and had no trouble recognizing it in Win 7. Both USB and E-SATA worked ok for me. Have you tried both interfaces? Might want to try connecting it to another system as well.
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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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A regular 2.5 sata from an old laptop can work. But the ssd gives fast boot times
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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.