Technical data:
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-USB 3.0 speed up to 5Gbps (Only with UASP protocol)
Port of 2.5 "or 3.5" hard drives (SATA only, no IDE hard drives)
-Support To 4 TB
-Plug And Play incl. HotSwap
Scope of supply:
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-Docking Station FD 1006
-USB 3.0 cable
-Power Supply
A manual is not in, but is not required.
Workmanship and design:
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The Docking Station is made of black plastic and therefore acts very easily and cheaply. But after connecting multiple hard drives, the SATA connections still work properly, so that the processing can be described as very good.
The housing and any accessories are black, partially matt, at the top, however, mainly in the shiny known piano finish. Above a blue LED indicates the operational readiness and a green LED to access the drive. Below the rail numerous, narrow slots are mounted for ventilation. This prevents overheating, if a conventional, internal hard drive is connected.
At the back of the FD 1006 has in addition to the USB 3.0 and 12 V power supply input even an on / off switch, so you do not always have to pull the plug when the docking station is not in operation.
Connection and commissioning:
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Was tested using a Lenovo L540 with matching USB 3.0 ports. The FD 1006 but is also backwards compatible with USB 3.0.
To connect simply pushes the hard disk via the carriage until it snaps into the SATA connector and only switches the docking station a, in order to avoid data loss and prevent damage to the drive. In fact, recognizes the FD 1006 all plate sizes up to my 3.5 "4TB Hitachi hard drive that I have installed in my NAS. The transfer to and from these HDDs worked smoothly and quickly.
But the decisive factor is the speed when connecting an SSD. For this I have tested with the tool AS SSD Benchmark again with the FD 1006, and even with direct installation in the notebook on the SATA interface. As you can see in the picture (sub-customer images), the differences are actually relatively low. The write performance is slightly better than USB. For the reading speed by direct incorporation is higher. To be fair, I have to say that the values are no longer very good in both cases. This is probably because my SSD is already very advanced in years and no longer reaches the performance that they had to start times. But as it comes to a comparison here, you can neglect.
Also worth mentioning is that you "the power supply does not necessarily require hard drives and SSDs. That here it is similar with external 2.5" to connect 2.5 hard drives that are powered via the USB port with power.
Conclusion:
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I am very pleased with the USB cradle. Particularly pleasing is the elimination of cable clutter, which one has the usual USB to SATA adapters.
The UASP protocol 3.0 really high data rates are achieved via USB, and in my case even partially thwarted by the SSD (when writing).
The connection of IDE hard drives is no longer possible, as is the use of optical drives. Who uses the dock in the main, to save or restore data to hard drives or SSDs, should be happy with the FD1006 but. Therefore, get this product from me 5 stars.
