Ohhhhhh too bad, so sad! :(, All my drives happen to be 3tb, I will tell myself now "it's a good chassis though" ... if I have to buy a backplane, and I have :(, I'm thinking a Sas2826el1 it's a better option than buying a sas826a, As I wont have to buy another hba down the road, I have a 8port...