Plugable USB 3.1 Gen 2 10Gbps SATA Upright Hard Drive Dock and SSD Dock (Includes Both USB-C and USB 3.0 Cables, Supports 10TB+ Drives) Take advantage of fast SATA III SSD/HDD drives and USB-C bandwidth for faster backups and data transfers. Includes USB-C and USB-A cables for compatibility with Thunderbolt 3, USB 3.1 Gen 2, USB 3.0, and USB 2.0 ports. No special driver installation required, just plug and play! Supports all 2.5" and 3.5" SATA hard drives, solid state drives, and hybrid drives up to any volume size available on the market today (currently 12TB+). IDE/EIDE/PATA, SCSI, SAS, mSATA, and M.2 drives are not compatible. No disk drive is included with purchase. Supports USB 3.1 Gen 2 up to 10Gbps. Note that disk throughput is limited to the current 6Gbps maximum transfer rate of the SATA III interface. Real world performance will vary. Supports 512e and 4K standard sector emulation for wider compatibility across different hosts and disks. Supports TRIM for increased SSD lifespan. Supports BOT and UASP transfer protocols for faster performance. These features may require a compatible host controller, operating system, and/or hard drive to function correctly. We love our Plugable products and hope you will too. All of our products are backed with a 1-year limited parts and labor warranty and Seattle-based email support. <span class="a-text-bold">USB-C to USB-A cable</span> (3ft/1m) compatible with USB 2.0, 3.0, and 3.1 to connect the dock to legacy USB ports. No drivers are required for the disk dock itself as it uses the standard USB Mass Storage class support already provided in Windows 10 through XP, Mac OS X, and Linux / Unix Windows users are encouraged to install updated USB 3.1/3.0 xHCI host controller drivers for best performance and stability UASP functionality requires a UASP capable USB host controller and operating system Supports 8TB+ drives on 64-bit operating systems (drives less than 2TB suggested for 32-bit Windows) Please note that new/blank disk drives must be initialized, partitioned, and formatted. Mac and Windows computers cannot read Linux/Unix formatted hard drives (commonly found in network attached storage &#039;NAS&#039; devices) without special software. For more information see the how to links at the top of the product page on our website