Got the Trekstor DataStation maxi light 3.0 3TB gekauf because I an external hard drive in a horizontal construction (stackable), metal housing and on / off switch was. The integrated hard drive is a Toshiba DT01ACA300 and no longer equipped with a faulty firmware Seagate. Really Positive I can not report from the panel actually. To date (1 week) it does what it should, the speed is ok for a 7200 drive to USB3.0. From an early shutdown of inactivity I have so far seen nothing. Place the plate in the tight unventilated enclosure naturally much warmer than in a desktop PC. I holding up now but not critical. My external hard drives with plastic housing are all still considerably warmer.
Negative contrast: - The Toshiba drive is loud. None of my hard drive that I bought in the last 10 years had such a strong engine noise. - Cheap power supply. It is inefficient and clunky. According to the label the power supply has an output of 2.0A / 12V with an input power of 1.0A / 220V. The power supplies my other external HDDs need the same output power all only 0.6A / 220V. The housing is constructed along plus wider than the grounded plug. In power strips can it practically put only in the last jack and even then it still projects partly over the neighboring bush. - The included USB3.0 cable (as often with other manufacturers) is very short. If the disk on the desktop and the PC useless on the floor. - The hard drive seems to be not secured 100% in the case. If you look at it upside down it rattles in it. - Not quite as important, but you can not determine if the connection is with USB2.0 or USB3.0. I had a long USB3.0 cable which already with other plates made problems and thus also only a USB2.0 connection is made. In my Intenso Memory Box 2TB external hard drive (8.9 cm (3.5 inches), 5400RPM, 32MB cache, USB 3.0) Black, for example, the LED will turn green and not blue.
As data grave the hard disk is OK. Permanent continuous worktop or to take frequent, I would not recommend them. Angrily I find the short cable and the power adapter. Here you have probably just taken that was cheapest what you're getting. Most of it is indeed to cope with but the sum too much for a top rating.
* Addendum 06.01.2013 * After about nine months I am satisfied so far. Had no problems so far. On other computers, the plate was always recognized with the longer cable than USB3.0 device and even with larger copying in summer temperatures, the plate was not critical warm. Therefore, for the price thoroughly recommended.
