The description says this only works with up to 2tb drives. If this is just an enclosure, why couldn't I use it with 4tb drives?
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Often that just means it has never been tested and certified by the manufacturer. I have two of these enclosures, but have never used either with a 4 TB drive. I did, however, install an HGST 4 TB drive in a Sabrent enclosure that also says it only works with drives up to 2 TB. I'd Google and see if anyone has had success with 4 TBs in this Rosewill.
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I bought mine long before 2TB HDDs existed; I suspect this enclosure might not support a drive of that size. Sorry I can't assist.
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Hi FYI I dont think that the unit will support a drive over 3TB. 2TB is the limit. But maybe the unit you get will You should make sure to check on that. mine does not. Sorry I cant answer you question I have never tried RAID with my units they are just dumb drives.
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Hi Terry, There are multiple different WD 3tb SATA III drives, but this enclosure will work with any 3.5" SATA drive - that's the only thing that matters. I would note that this enclosure, being only USB 2.0, will not benefit from the speed over a SATA III drive verses a SATA II drive, so if you find a cheaper 3.5" drive, feel free to go with the cheaper option.
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Capacity as in number of drives? Or the GB/TB size of a drive?This enclosure can hold four 3.5" drives. As for the capacity of a single drive, that is limited to the capacity that the controller you hook this up to can handle. This enclosure doesn't have an integrated controller, it simply provides a hot-swappable means of connecting hard drives to a separate RAID controller(that has to be purchased separately) or your motherboards SATA ports.
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There is updated firmware to support 3TB drives in each drive bay. But I don't know about 4TB. It might work or need another firmware update.
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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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This appears to be capable of supporting a 4TB drive. Once the 2.5 TB is passed, it seems to function properly, assuming that you are running an operating system that supports the volume (64bit system), if not you need to break it up into volumes blow the 32bit system limit.
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I have a 4 TB drive in this enclosure (and 3 2TB's). You must format (partition) the drive correctly. Do not format it as a MBR partition. It will only recognize 2 TB if you do that. Partition as GPT.
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I'm using it for 1 TB drive, so I think it should work as well for 4 TB drive.
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No it won't support 4TB drives. According to the specs it will support 3TB.
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I just have a 2 TB drive in it at the moment. If it says that 4 TB is the limit, you probably should respect that. I have found that docking bases tend to top out at 4 TB as well, so maybe that's the current limit.
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MANUFACTURER ANSWER: Thanks for asking, Samuel! The "+" indicates that it should work with drives beyond 3TB in size. We have had great results in our testing labs as well as very positive customer feedback regarding using the dock with 4TB drives.
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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 have not tried yet, I am not sure about it. I have got in touch with the technicians at USpeed for their answer. I might buy a 4Tb myself if it works.
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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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It depends on your O/S. I used mine with Ubuntu and 4x4TB and it worked fine.