Compatible/Incompatible USB Drive

The following list contains USB Drives tested by the community . QNAP does not take any liability for the correctness.

Please note that vendors may change the used chipset in new versions without changing the product name.

To find out about the vendor and product ID of your device, log into your QNAP (via ssh/ telnet), plug in the device and issue the command 'lsusb'.

Compatible USB Drives 3.5"

Brand	Model	Vendor:Product ID	USB Chip	QNAP Model	QNAP FW	Reporter	YYYY.MM	Remark
Western Digital	My Book - WD25001032	1058:0901		TS-410	3.3.1 Build 0720T	P3R	2010.07	NTFS formatted by Qnap, have worked on several firmwares before this one, about 150 GB of data copied/synchronized at most
Western Digital	Elements 1TB (wd green disk inside) WDBAAU0010HBK			TS-410	3.2.4 3.3.8	marcel	2011.01	NTFS formatted by PC, both remote replication and folder copy (qnap interface) working flawlessly, transfered 800gb in total
Western Digital	WD Elements 2TB WDBAAU0020HBK			TS-409 Pro	3.3.0 Build 0924T	chris666	2011.04	NTFS preformatted by WD, have syncronized 950GB. It took nearly six days, but the HDD didn't drop off like all the other models before... After the initial syncronization all later syncs were quite fast.
Western Digital	WD Elements 1,5TB WDBAAU0015HBK			TS-110	3.5.0 Build 0816T	rocker	2011.09	Preformatted NTFS, Copied about 110 GB in 2:18h without any errors using backup function.

Compatible USB Drives 2.5"

Brand	Model	Vendor:Product ID	USB Chip	QNAP Model	QNAP FW	Reporter	YYYY.MM	Remark
Samsung	M3 Portable 1TB			469L	4.1.1	korzus	2014.11	Working Fine, but recognized as usb 2.0.
Western Digital	My Passport Ultra 1TB	WDBZFP0010BBK-EE8N		TS119P 11	4.1.2 2015.01.26	barwiker	2015.01	Works since latest Firmware update. Front port = USB2, rear port =USB3

Compatible External Enclosures

Brand	Model	Vendor:Product ID	Interface	USB Chip	QNAP Model	QNAP FW	Reporter	YYYY.MM	Remark
Vantec	NexStar USB 3.0 Disk Dock NST-D300SU3		USB3.0 & eSata	Prolific PL2773	869 Pro	4.0.7	adprom	2014.05	USB3.0 and eSata work fine
Inateck	Inateck USB 3.0 to SATA Dual-Bay USB 3.0 Hard Drive Docking Station with Offline Clone Function for 2.5 Inch & 3.5 Inch HDD SSD SATA (SATA I/ II/ III)	174c:55aa	USB 3.0	ASMedia Technology Inc.	TS-851	4.2.0	Tron	2016.03	USB 3.0 works well with good speeds

 

Incompatible USB Drives 3.5"

Brand	Model	Vendor:Product ID	USB Chip	QNAP Model	QNAP FW	Reporter	YYYY.MM	Remark
LaCie	P3	059F:0951	JM20339	TS-110	3.3.6 build 1109T	qnutbert	2010.07	Connection to drive is lost under heavy I/O load; controller resets device[1]
Toshiba	stor.E ALU2	0939:0B16	Unknown	TS-209 II	3.3.0 build 0924T	mikerayjones	2010.11	Cannot mount filesystem - device not detected [2]
LaCie	USB Hard Disk Neil Poulton		JM20329	TS-410	3.2.4 3.3.8	marcel	2010.12	Connection to drive is lost under heavy I/O load; controller resets device
CnMemory	Core 2TB			TS-110	3.5.0 Build 0816T	rocker	2011.09	I/O erros under heavy I/O load; controller resets device; need to repair filesystem using Windows after all resets
FANTEC	ER-35U3			TS-131, TS-231, TS-431	4.1.3		2015.08	Error message during backuo and disk randomly connect/disconnect

Incompatible USB Drives 2.5"

Brand	Model	Vendor:Product ID	USB Chip	QNAP Model	QNAP FW	Reporter	YYYY.MM	Remark
Seagate	FreeAgent Go 500GB	0bc2:2120	Oxford 931 (not sure)	TS-210	3.3.1 build 0720T	thesta	2010.08	Connection to drive is lost under heavy I/O load; controller resets device but Qnap needs to be restarted, otherweise drive is connected as usb 1.0 and stays faulty

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