Upgrading drive in Time Capsule ME177LL/A 802.11 AC tower

[adam9c1]

What is the largest drive that will work in the tower Time Capsule? Do I need to worry about one brand vs another?
Will I see speed benefits if instead of a larger drive I use a SSD?

 

[satcomer]

Sense you using Wi-Fi AC you should use over 3g 7200 speed hard drives in it sense the controller can go any higher!

 

[Apple_Robert]

I didn't you could replace / upgrade the drive in a Time Capsule.

 

[KPOM]

What is the largest drive that will work in the tower Time Capsule? Do I need to worry about one brand vs another?
Will I see speed benefits if instead of a larger drive I use a SSD?

Since the transmission speed of the Time Capsule is slow, you won’t really notice any benefit to using an SSD. That said, if you have a newer Mac, you might be better off buying a new router that supports adding a disk drive through USB, rather than trying to stretch the life of the Time Capsule.

 

[mdgm]

Or better yet get a NAS. These are designed to provide network storage and perform better than USB connected to a router.

 

[adam9c1]

I do have a NAS and it's working great.
I'd like to use the native backup solution of the Time Capsule as another layer of data protection.

 

[Brian33]

What is the largest drive that will work in the tower Time Capsule?

I had success putting a 5TB Toshiba HDD in my tower Time Capsule. Used it for a few years until the HDD failed.

There’s no point in putting an SSD in because it seems that it’s the processing power of the TC that’s the limiting factor.

 

[satcomer]

With the AC speed I would get 3-5 TB sata drive! Try to get a good drive and sometimes the cheapest wouldn’t last for than 2-3 years!

 

[MacProRumours]

I had success putting a 5TB Toshiba HDD in my tower Time Capsule. Used it for a few years until the HDD failed.

There’s no point in putting an SSD in because it seems that it’s the processing power of the TC that’s the limiting factor.

Speed isn't the only consideration: an SSD will run cooler and quieter and use less electricity. I have acquired a Time Capsule A1470, without disk drive. I could put in a regular HD, but I wonder if it would be possible to put in an SSD and for it to work?

 

[Brian33]

Speed isn't the only consideration: an SSD will run cooler and quieter and use less electricity. I have acquired a Time Capsule A1470, without disk drive. I could put in a regular HD, but I wonder if it would be possible to put in an SSD and for it to work?

That's true. Especially if you really want it quiet!

Yes, I would certainly expect a SATA SSD to work fine inside a Time Capsule. In fact, I was recently planning on that path because I wanted it silent. I even bought a 2.5" to 3.5" HDD adapter so it would fit in nicely. In the end I decided to put the 4TB SSD into a USB enclosure and plug it into the back of the TC instead, at least for now.