SATA Hard Drive Docking Station, USB 3.0 Hard Drive Docking Station (5 Gbps)SDOCKU33BV UASP-capable USB 3.0 docking station makes it easy to connect and swap 2;5" or 3;5" SATA III hard disk drives (HDD) and solid state drives (SSD) through an available USB port. The docking station is up to 70% faster than standard USB 3.0 when used with a UASP-capable host controller to utilize the full potential of your SATA III hard drives.This HDD/SSD docking station supports high-capacity SATA I/II/III drives (tested with up to 4TB) and 2.5" or 3.5" drives and is compatible with virtually any SATA drive, significantly increasing the storage/backup space on your computer.Further enhance the value of this hard drive docking station by using our SATA to IDE hard drive adapter (SAT2IDEADP), which makes it easy to insert any 2;5" or 3;5" IDE hard drive into a SATA hard drive docking station.To ensure compatibility with your computer system, the SDOCKU33BV supports all leading operating systems, including: Microsoft Windows® (8/7/Vista/XP/Server 2008/Server 2003), Apple® OSX (10.9/10.8/10.7/10.6), Linux and Google Chrome OS™.The SDOCKU33BV is backed by StarTech.com's 2-year warranty and free lifetime technical support.Improved performance with UASPUASP is supported by Windows 8, Mac OSX (10.8 or later) and Linux. In tests, UASP provides 70% faster read speeds and 40% faster write speeds over standard USB 3.0.At the same time, UASP tests showed an 80% reduction in processor resource consumption.The tests were conducted using an Intel® Ivy Bridge system, a StarTech.com UASP-capable enclosure and a SATA III SSD.The StarTech.com Advantage