User Reported Compatible External Enclosures/External HDDs
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Incompatible External Enclosures/External HDDs will be listed as incompatible under the notes column.
For a list of Synology Tested External Storage Devices, please look here.
| Enclosure Info | Hard drive Info | Synology Info | Hibernation Info | |||||||||
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| Brand | Model | Brand | Model | Capacity (GB) | Model | Firmware | eSATA/USB | Natively | Synology assisted | Reported by | YYYY.MM | Notes |
| Acomdata | Samba SMBXXXU2E | Seagate | ST310005N1A1AS | 1000 | CS407e | 518, 598 | USB | - | - | AgileLogic | 2008.04 | Incompatible (not recognized by CS407e) |
| Adaptec | ACS-200 | Maxtor | - | 500 | USB Station | 27 | USB | - | - | - | 2007.10 | Unstable |
| ADS Technology | USBX-804 | Any | Any | Over 137GB | DS106 | 426 | USB | Yes | Yes | NetBoot | 2007.01 | - |
| AMS Venus | DS-2316SUESBK | Seagate | ST3750640AS | 750 | DS107e | 509 | USB | - | - | moboking | 2007.08 | |
| Argosy | HD-260 | - | - | - | - | 428 | USB | - | - | marks | 2007.03 | - |
| Argosy Research, Inc. | - | - | - | 500 | DS207+ | DSM2.0-0598 | USB | - | - | anatak23 | 2008.06 | - |
| Buffalo | DriveStation | Samsung | HD501LJ | 500 | DS106e | 462 | USB | Yes | - | Pearl | 2007.09 | - |
| Cooler Master | Xcraft | Hitachi | - | 250 | DS106e | 426 | eSATA | - | - | discom | 2007.01 | - |
| Chiligreen | external USB Harddsik GS3380 | Samsung | HD103UI | 1000 | DS207 | 640 | USB | Yes | Yes | marting | 2008.09 | FAT32 formatted, Sunplus controller |
| Freecom Classic HD | - | - | - | 160 | DS106 | - | - | - | - | HarryPotter | - | Incompatible |
| Freecom | 3.5" 500GB USB-2 | - | - | 500 | CS407 | 514 | USB | No | No | Trolli | 2007.10 | - |
| Icy Dock | MB559US-1S | Samsung | HD753LJ | 750 | 207+/106e | 640 | Both | Yes | Yes | ntm1275 | 2009.07 | - |
| Icy Dock | MB559US-1S | Western Digital | WD7500AAKS | 750 | 207+/106e | 640 | USB | Yes | Yes | ntm1275 | 2009.07 | - |
| Icy Dock | MB559US-1S | Western Digital | WD7500AAKS | 750 | 207+/106e | 640 | eSATA | - | - | ntm1275 | 2009.07 | Incompatible (not recognised by 207+ or 106e) |
| Icy Dock | MB559US-1S | Seagate | ST3320620AS | 320 | 207+/106e | 640 | Both | Yes | Yes | ntm1275 | 2009.07 | - |
| Icy Dock | MB559US-1S | Seagate | ST3250824AS | 250 | 207+/106e | 640 | Both | Yes | Yes | ntm1275 | 2009.07 | - |
| I/O Magic | I35USBEN | - | - | - | DS106 | 426 | USB | Yes | - | NetBoot | 2007.01 | - |
| Iomega | 1TB Silver Series 33748 | - | - | 2x 500 | - | - | - | No | No | rastaman | 2007.11 | Does not hibernate |
| KINGWIN | KH-350SE-BK | Western Digital | WD4000AAJS-00YFA0 | 400 | DS106e | 518 | eSATA | - | - | blindhope | 2008.01 | |
| Lacie Porsche USB | - | Seagate | ST3250823A | 250 | - | - | USB | Yes? | Yes? | HanzThePanz | 2007.11 | - |
| Lacie Porsche USB | - | Hitachi | HDT72252 5DLAT30 | 250 | - | - | USB | Yes? | Yes? | HanzThePanz | 2007.11 | - |
| Lacie Porsche USB | - | Seagate | ST3500830AS | 500 | - | - | USB | No | No | HanzThePanz | 2007.11 | - |
| Maxtor | Maxtor OneTouch Series | - | - | - | DS106e | 514 | USB | - | Yes | cinebob | 2007.09 | - |
| Maxtor | Personal Storage 3000LE | Western Digital | WD800 | 80 | DS106e | 518 | USB | - | - | atw10yw6 | 2007.11 | Does not hibernate |
| Maxtor | Storage Basics 3200 | - | - | 500 | DS106e | 462 | USB | - | - | Drobanir | 2007.10 | Incompatible |
| Maxtor | Basics Desktop | - | - | 1000 | DS207 | 598 | USB | No | No | PI | 2008.06 | - |
| Mevis | StoreX | - | MVS-EH3-SXDX2-500 | 500 | DS106x | >518 | Both | No | No | udea | 2007.12 | Does not hibernate |
| Mevis | StoreX | - | MVS-EH3-SXDX2-500 | 500 | DS107+ | >636 | Both | No | No | udea | 2008.09 | ESata not work |
| Mobile Disk | HD-337-U2 | Seagate | ST3320620A | 320 | DS107e | 514 | USB | No | No | TonyL | 2007.10 | - |
| NexStar 3 | NST-360SU-BK | - | - | - | - | 428 | Both | Yes | - | marks | 2007.03 | - |
| Rosewill | RX353-S | Various | - | - | Various | >368 | Both | - | - | Franklin | 2006.10 | - |
| Rosewill | RX353-S | Seagate | - | 120 | 207+ | 518 | USB | N/A | yes | rabraham | 2008.01 | - Works fine, drive hibernates properly. |
| Rosewill (aka JMicron) | RX353-S (aka JM20336) | Seagate | ST310005N1A1AS | 1000 | CS407e | 598 | USB | No | Yes | AgileLogic | 2008.04 | Works for share and backup under FAT32 and EXT3, hibernates |
| Rosewill | RX35MV-SU-D | Samsung | SP2504C | 250 | CS406 | 0637 | USB | N/A | No | Mark | 2008.07 | Does not hibernate. |
| Raidsonic IcyBox | IB-361StUS-B-BL | - | - | - | DS106e | 458 | eSATA | - | - | TomP | 2007.07 | - |
| Raidsonic Stardom iTank | i302-1S-B2 | Samsung | HD503LJ | 500 | DS107+ | 515 | both | ? | yes | fehinkel | 2007.10 | Exchangeable disk. Hibernates on USB only. |
| Seagate | Free Agent | - | - | 320 | DS106e | 518 | - | - | - | chik | 2007.11 | Incompatible |
| Seagate | Free Agent | - | - | 500 | DS207+ | 518 | USB | yes | yes | rabraham | 2008.01 | Unstable, corrupts files system |
| Seagate | FreeAgent Pro | Seagate | ST305004FPA1E3-RK | 500 | DS106 | 515 | Both | - | USB | NetBoot | 2007.10 | OxFord U931DS, eSATA has errors, Ok performance |
| Sharkoon | Rapid-Case | Western Digital | WD Caviar SE | 250 | DS207+ | 524 | USB | no | yes | knuspi | 2008.02 | Need firmware 524 |
| Sharkoon | Rapid-Case | Samsung | Samsung F1 (HD753LJ) | 750 | DS107+ | 590 | eSata | - | - | Satyr | 2008.05 | - |
| Sharkoon | Quickport Pro | Samsung | HD753LJ | 750 | 207+/106e | 640 | Both | - | - | ntm1275 | 2009.07 | - |
| Sharkoon | Quickport Pro | Western Digital | WD7500AAKS | 750 | 207+/106e | 640 | Both | - | - | ntm1275 | 2009.07 | - |
| Trekstor | DataStation maxi t.u KIT | Samsung | Samsung HD400LD | 400 | DS101j | 598 | USB | no | no | Mischaq | 2008.05 | works fine native/fat-formatted, but no hibernation. turns off when DS fully shuts down |
| Ultra Products | ULT-31309 | Maxtor/Hitachi | - | 160/320 | DS101/107+ | 371/510 | USB | - | - | Kenny-M | 2007.08 | - |
| Ultra Products | ULT-31310 | Maxtor/Hitachi | - | 160/320 | DS101/107+ | 371/510 | USB | - | - | Kenny-M | 2007.08 | - |
| Welland | ME-740Jxxx | - | - | - | - | 428 | Both | - | - | marks | 2007.03 | eSATA cable required modification |
| Western Digital | My Book Pro II | WD | - | 2x 1000 | CS406 | 515 | USB | - | - | - | 2007.11 | Incompatible |
| Western Digital | Western Digital Elements | - | - | 500 | DS101j | 462/ 518 | USB | Yes | Yes | mischaq | 2007.11 | more |
| Western Digital | My Book Pro II | WD | - | 2x 500 | CS406 & CS406e | 462 | USB | yes | no | knox | 2007.11 | Compatible in FW 462 / not working in FW 515 |
| Western Digital | My Book⢠Home Edition | WD | WDH1CS10000 | 1000 | CS406 | 518 | USB | ? | ? | Suldrup | 2007.12 | Partly compatible, has to be formatted as FAT to work as backup device |
| Western Digital | My Book Essential USB 2.0 1TB | WD | - | 1000 | CS406 | 518 | USB | yes | no | knox | 2007.12 | Hibernates internal after 10 Minutes. Backup ok |
| Western Digital | My Book Essential USB 2.0 750GB | WD | - | 750 | DS101j | 518 | USB | yes | ? | mischaq | 2008.2 | works and hibernates fine. tested as usbbackup with fat32 |
| Western Digital | WD10000C033-001 | WD | - | 2x500 | DS207+ | 571 | USB | Yes | - | - | 2008.02 | RAID 0, ext3, Local Backup |
