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.
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| Brand | Model | Brand | Model | Capacity (GB) | Model | DSM | eSATA/USB | Natively | Synology assisted | Reported by | YYYY.MM | Notes |
| 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 | |
| Antec | MX1 | Samsung | HD403LJ | 400 | DS106e | 728 | e-SATA | - | - | VirtualFred | 2009.01 | - |
| Antec | MX1 | Western Digital | WD10EADS | 1TB | DS107 | DSM 2.2-0942 | e-SATA | - | - | Mercutio | 2010.02 | - |
| Argosy Research, Inc. | - | - | - | 500 | DS207+ | DSM2.0-0598 | USB | - | - | anatak23 | 2008.06 | - |
| Argosy | HD-260 | - | - | - | - | 428 | USB | - | - | marks | 2007.03 | - |
| Buffalo | DriveStation HD-CE1.0TU2 | - | - | 1TB | DS-106j | 844 | USB | - | - | - | 2009.06 | - |
| Buffalo | DriveStation | Samsung | HD501LJ | 500 | DS106e | 462 | USB | Yes | - | Pearl | 2007.09 | - |
| Bytecc | ME-350V4 External 3.5" HDD Enclosure | Western Digital | WD10EADS | 1TB | DS209 | DSM 2.3-1157 | USB | - | - | rcblackwell | 2010.06 | Local Backup unstable; fails under scheduled backup. |
| Chiligreen | external USB Harddsik GS3380 | Samsung | HD103UI | 1000 | DS207 | 640 | USB | Yes | Yes | marting | 2008.09 | FAT32 formatted, Sunplus controller |
| Cooler Master | Xcraft | Hitachi | - | 250 | DS106e | 426 | eSATA | - | - | discom | 2007.01 | - |
| Freecom Classic HD | - | - | - | 160 | DS106 | - | - | - | - | HarryPotter | - | Incompatible |
| Freecom | 3.5" 500GB USB-2 | - | - | 500 | CS407 | 514 | USB | No | No | Trolli | 2007.10 | - |
| Freecom | Hard Drive Dock | Samsung | HD203WI | 2TB | DS211j | 3.1-1613 | USB | ? | Yes | Mykkael | 2011.04 | Not tested backup. |
| Freecom | Hard Drive Dock | Samsung | HD154UI | 1.5TB | DS211+ | 3.1-1613 | USB | ? | Yes | Noppie | 2011.08 | Incompatible.Backups unstable via eSATA and USB. |
| Icy Dock | MB559US-1S | Samsung | HD753LJ | 750 | 207+/106e | 640-731 | Both | Yes | Yes | ntm1275 | 2009.02 | - |
| Icy Dock | MB559US-1S | Seagate | ST3250824AS | 250 | 207+/106e | 640 | Both | Yes | Yes | ntm1275 | 2009.07 | - |
| Icy Dock | MB559US-1S | Seagate | ST3320620AS | 320 | 207+/106e | 640-731 | Both | Yes | Yes | ntm1275 | 2009.02 | - |
| Icy Dock | MB559US-1S | Western Digital | WD7500AAKS | 750 | 207+/106e | 640-731 | USB | Yes | Yes | ntm1275 | 2009.02 | - |
| Icy Dock | MB559US-1S | Western Digital | WD7500AAKS | 750 | 207+/106e | 640-731 | eSATA | - | - | ntm1275 | 2009.02 | Incompatible (not recognised by 207+ or 106e) USB works OK |
| Intenso | MemoryStation 2.5" | unknown | - | 500 | DS109 | 3.0-1354 | USB | - | DualCore | 2011.01 | EXT3 formatted, used for backup, Linux supported | |
| 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 | - | Hitachi | HDT72252 5DLAT30 | 250 | - | - | USB | Yes? | Yes? | HanzThePanz | 2007.11 | - |
| Lacie Porsche USB | - | Seagate | ST3250823A | 250 | - | - | USB | Yes? | Yes? | HanzThePanz | 2007.11 | - |
| Lacie Porsche USB | - | Seagate | ST3500830AS | 500 | - | - | USB | No | No | HanzThePanz | 2007.11 | - |
| Lacie Rugged | XL 1T | - | - | 1000 | DS409Slim | DSM2.2-0914 | eSATA | - | - | Marco | 2009.08 | |
| Macally | T-S350SU | Hitachi | UltraStarA7K1000 | 1TB | DS209+II | DSM 2.3-1141 | Both | Yes | Yes | DS209user | 2010.04 | Hibernates OKon esata and usb. 9.1W normal, 9.1-9.8W Access,2.6W hibernation. Max 14W. Also has internal standby mode, but heard that works only on USB |
| MaxInPower | BEMIP35A7J | Samsung | HD103UJ | 2 x 1000 | CS407e | 844 | USB | - | - | Derf Elot | 2009.05 | Works fine in "big" (JBOD) mode, 1834GB. Recognized as JMicron "JM20336 SATA, USB Combo" chip. |
| Maxtor | Storage Basics 3200 | - | - | 500 | DS106e | 462 | USB | - | - | Drobanir | 2007.10 | Incompatible |
| Maxtor | Maxtor OneTouch Series | - | - | - | DS106e | 514 | USB | - | Yes | cinebob | 2007.09 | - |
| Maxtor | Basics Desktop | - | - | 1000 | DS207 | 598 | USB | No | No | PI | 2008.06 | - |
| Maxtor | Personal Storage 3000LE | Western Digital | WD5000AAKB | 500 | DS106e | DSM 2.0-0731 | USB | No | No | atw10yw6 | 2009.07 | Does not hibernate |
| Maxtor | Personal Storage 3000LE | Western Digital | WD800 | 80 | DS106e | 518 and DSM 2.0-0731 | USB | No | No | atw10yw6 | 2007.11 | Does not hibernate |
| 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 | - |
| NexStar 3i | NST-360S2i-WH | Western Digital | WD10EADS | 1TB | DS209 | DSM 2.3-1157 | USB | - | - | rcblackwell | 2010.06 | Local Backup unstable; fails under scheduled backup. |
| Poppstar | NE30 USB 3.0 | - | - | - | DS210j | DSM 3.0-1337 | USB | No | - | JDF | 2010.10 | Works and Hibernates fine with HD501LJ, but not with 2TB. |
| 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. |
| Raidsonic | IB-110 | Seagate | ST31000333AT | 1000 | DS106e | DSM 2.0-0731 | eSATA | - | Yes | atw10yw6 | 2009.07 | ext3 Filesystem;Hibernates fine!;Local Backup with eSATA of 338GB with DSM took 9h15m |
| Raidsonic | IB-110 | Western Digital | WDC WD3200JS-00PDB0 | 320 | DS106e | DSM 2.0-0731 | eSATA | - | Yes | atw10yw6 | 2009.07 | ext3 Filesystem;Hibernates fine! |
| Raidsonic | IB-110 | Samsung | Eco Green HD154UI | 1500 | DS106e | DSM 2.0-0731 | eSATA | - | Yes | atw10yw6 | 2009.09 | Does NOT work with WEB-IF,Can't format to ext3 or FAT32 with WEB-IF When pre-Formatted with NTFS on Windows you can read from the Drive!;Disk can be formatted with ext3 via the Linux Shell!!! |
| 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 | RX353-S | Seagate | - | 120 | 207+ | 518 | USB | N/A | yes | rabraham | 2008.01 | - Works fine, drive hibernates properly. |
| Rosewill | RX353-S | Various | - | - | Various | >368 | Both | - | - | Franklin | 2006.10 | - |
| Rosewill | RX35MV-SU-D | Samsung | SP2504C | 250 | CS406 | 0637 | USB | N/A | No | Mark | 2008.07 | Does not hibernate. |
| Sabrent | ECS-STU35K | Seagate | ST31000528AS | 1000 | DS207+ | 914 | Both | Yes | Yes | jaysonp | 2009.07 | Recognized as JMicron "JM20337 SATA, USB Combo" chip. |
| Seagate | Free Agent | - | - | 320 | DS106e | 518 | - | - | - | chik | 2007.11 | Incompatible |
| Seagate | FreeAgent Desktop (ClassicDrives) |
- | - | 500 | DS107+ | 728 | USB | yes (has to be deactivated!!!) | YES | JimKnopf | 2008.12 | use Seagate Drive Manager for Windows tool shipped with the product to deactivate default native hibernation (set to "never"), measured power consumptions (hibernated, idle, IO stress, max. peak poweron): 3W, 10W, 11W, 24W |
| Seagate | Free Agent | - | - | 500 | DS207+ | 518 | USB | yes | yes | rabraham | 2008.01 | Unstable, corrupts files system |
| Seagate | FreeAgent Go | Seagate | ST903203FGD2E1-RK | 320 | DS-110J | DSM 2.3-1157 | USB | - | - | Serialkliker | 2010.05 | - |
| Seagate | FreeAgent Pro | Seagate | ST305004FPA1E3-RK | 500 | DS106 | 515 | Both | - | USB | NetBoot | 2007.10 | OxFord U931DS, eSATA has errors, Ok performance |
| Seagate | FreeAgent Xtreme | original HDD | - | 1000 | DS106e | DSM 2.0-0731 | USB | - | Yes | atw10yw6 | 2009.07 | Formatted the Disk with DSM 2.0-0731 to ext3;Internal and External Disk hibernates OK |
| Seagate | FreeAgent Xtreme | Western Digital | WD3200JS | 320 | DS106e | DSM 2.0-0731 | USB | - | Yes | atw10yw6 | 2009.05 | ext3 Filesystem |
| Sharkoon | DriveLink | Samsung | Samsung F1 (HD103UJ) | 1000 | DS107+ | 722 | USB | - | - | udea | 2008.11 | USB to IDE & Sata |
| Sharkoon | Quick Desk | Samsung | HD154UI | 1500 | DS409 | USB | - | - | atw10yw6 | 2010.02 | Hibernates Fine! | |
| 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 | - |
| Sharkoon | Rapid-Case | Samsung | Samsung F1 (HD753LJ) | 750 | DS107+ | 590 | eSata | - | yes | Satyr | 2008.05 | - |
| Sharkoon | Rapid-Case | Western Digital | WD Caviar SE | 250 | DS207+ | 524 | USB | no | yes | knuspi | 2008.02 | Need firmware 524 |
| StarTech.com | InfoSafe mfr#SATCAS35U2GB | Western Digital and Samsung | WD1000EADS and HD103UJ | 1000 and 1000 | CS407 + PC | 731 | USB 2.0 | - | - | RobinGB | 2009.03 | Incompatible, files can be read and written but the disk cannot be formatted in this USB drive |
| Thermaltake | Max4 N0012USU (DC12V version) | Seagate | ST31000528AS | 1000 | DS210j | 2.3-1157 | USB | Yes | Yes | scottwv | 2010.06 | Incompatible - very slow SC-610 chip |
| Thermaltake | Max4 N0012USU | Hitachi | HDT725040VLA360 | 400 | DS210j | 2.3-1157 | USB | Yes | Yes | scottwv | 2010.05 | everything works fine - Initio chip |
| Thermaltake | Max4 N0012USU | Seagate | ST31000528AS | 1000 | DS210j | 2.3-1157 | USB | Yes | Yes | scottwv | 2010.06 | everything works fine - Initio chip |
| Thermaltake | BlacX N0028USU | WD | WD20EARS | 2 TB | DS207 | 2.2 | USB | ? | ? | ryu | 2010.10 | backup successful, ~30 GB/hr (format as ext3)> |
| Trekstor | Datastation maxi g.u |
unknown | unknown | 1000 | DS107+ | 0728 | USB | no | YES | JimKnopf | 2008.12 | branded Dura Micro, Inc by Acomdata enclosure model label DSMGU-S-SU-8, measured power consumptions (hibernated, idle, IO stress, max. peak poweron): 2W, 4W, 8W, 14W |
| TrekStor | DataStation maxi g.u | - | - | 1 TB | DS408 DS207+ DS-106x |
803 803 731 |
USB | no | yes | HarryPotter | 2009.02 | works fine |
| 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-31310 | Maxtor/Hitachi | - | 160/320 | DS101/107+ | 371/510 | USB | - | - | Kenny-M | 2007.08 | - |
| WD | My Book Home 1TB (WDH1CS10000E) | Seagate | ST3100340AS | 2x1TB | DS207+ | 2.1-0844 | eSATA | - | - | mloeffen | 2009.08 | FAT, Local Backup |
| Welland | ME-740Jxxx | - | - | - | - | 428 | Both | - | - | marks | 2007.03 | eSATA cable required modification |
| Western Digital | My Book Studio Edition 1TB | WD | WD10000E037 | 1x1000 | CS407 | 803 | USB | - | - | juldsc | 2009.2 | Not supported in it's factory default (HFS+) |
| Western Digital | My Book Pro II | WD | - | 2x 1000 | CS406 | 515 | USB | - | - | - | 2007.11 | Incompatible |
| 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 Elite USB 2.0 2TB | WD | - | 2000 | DS410j | 2.3-1157 | USB | yes | - | Filin | 2010.05 | - |
| 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 2000GB | WD | - | 2000 | DS207+ | 942 | USB | yes | ? | Synology-Marcus | 2009.09 | Works and Hibernates fine. |
| 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 | My Book Studio Edition II 2TB | WD | - | 2x1000 | DS209+ | 728 | both | yes | no | puppetmastr | 2009.1 | works and hibernates. tested as local backup in Raid0 with ext3 |
| Western Digital | WD10000C033-001 | WD | - | 2x500 | DS207+ | 571 | USB | Yes | - | - | 2008.02 | RAID 0, ext3, Local Backup |
| Western Digital | Western Digital Elements | - | - | 500 | DS101j | 462/ 518 | USB | Yes | Yes | mischaq | 2007.11 | more |
| Western Digital | Western Digital Mybook Premium Edition 500GB | WD | WD5000D032 | 1x500 | DS408 | DSM2.0-0731 | ? | - | - | sHiKoRa81 | 2009.02 | Hibernates fine |
