Does it support drives larger than 2tb eg 4tb formatted in NTFS not GPT?
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I haven't yet tried a 4TB drive, but I have used a 3TB drive with NTFS formatting with no problems.
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MANUFACTURER RESPONSE: To format a drive larger than 2TB it must be initialized with GPT (vs MBR). You can have a 4TB NTFS partition on a hard drive when initialized as GPT.
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Yes it supports large drives. I have connected on a Mac and i use 4TB drive in any format NTFS FAT or Mac OS X journaled. No problem
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GPT is a partition table format to handle drives larger than 2tb vs MBR. Currently using with a 4tb Western Digital Caviar Green formatted in NTFS file structure.
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I am using it with a 3.0Gb drive with a NTFS file system. Works like a charm
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According to Lenovo's website it does support 4TB. Seagate NAS HDD 4TB ST4000VN000, WD Red 4TB WD40EFRX, Seagate Barracuda 4TB ST4000DM000, WD Caviar Green 4TB WD40EZRX are all supported. https://lenovo-na-en.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/30797
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I have not tried. I have tried upto 1tb. If your drive has external power supply i dont see why should there be a problem. However i think i read somewhere that it supports upto 1tb. Anyways i found this product super useful.
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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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No. I tried hooking up a 3 TB drive and you have to format it NTSF which doesn't go up to 3 TB.Tech support said you can format the drive with two partitions. But that didn't work for me.
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While I have not verified this myself, the Specifications on the outside of the box shows "HDD Size Supports up to 2 TB"
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No, you can not. The device takes 3.5 inch drives and can not use 2.5 inch drives.
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the largest drive i'm using with this is 2TB, but I see no reason why 4TB shouldn't work, as long as you have 64 bit windows.
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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
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It *can* function with larger drives. However, it's rated for 4tb units, as that was the largest capacity at the time this unit was released.
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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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I have installed both 2.5 & 3.5 inch FF drives without any problems. That actual disk partition size is dependent of the OS. The largest drive I nave installed is 2TB and that has been working fine. I have no experience with larger disk drives.
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Yes, but honestly I wouldn't recommend it. Having a drive fail on that setup would kill you and the interface that your presented with on this device really limits the usability of anything over 2tb
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If it specifies the capacity (eg, 2TB, 4TB) then yes. It can definitely handle up to two 2TB drives, unsure about the newer larger drives. Otherwise is should say "diskless".
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Yes it does I have 4 3tb drives in one and they work just fine, it will support up to 12tb
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Sorry, I don't know what a 4 TB drive is. It works on drives that support SATA connections.
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Actually, disregard my previous response. I had this drive, but it was a 2TB model, not 3TB. There's a limit of 2.19TB for older Windows version (including Win 7) unless you have hardware that supports GPT partitioning, which I honestly don't know much about at this time. I'd recommend going with a 2TB version to be on the safe side.