Turn a 2.5" HDD/SSD into a USM compatible USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 enclosure. The S2510U33USM USM enclosure enables you to insert a 2.5" SATA HDD/SSD into any USM host interface including the Star Tech.com S2510U33RUSM 5.25" USM bay, & Seagate Go Flex devices. To ensure you get the most from your SATA III drive, the enclosure supports transfer speeds up to 6.0 Gbps. USM (Universal Storage Module) is a portable drive standard that interfaces with SATA & enables you to hot-swap drives between multiple host devices, such as PCs, notebooks, DVRs & many others. Using the included USM to USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 adapter the enclosure can also be connected externally to non-USM host devices via USB (Universal Serial Bus). Plus, with support for UASP, the enclosure performs up to 70% faster than conventional USB (Universal Serial Bus) when paired with a UASP-enabled host controller to utilize the full potential of your SATA III hard drives. To ensure compatibility with your computer system, the S2510U33USM supports all of the 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, & Google Chrome OS. UASP is supported in Windows 8, Mac (OSX 10.8 or above), & Linux. In testing UASP performs with a 70% faster read speed & 40% faster write speed over traditional USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 at peak performance. At the same peak in testing UASP also shows an 80% reduction in required processor resources. Testing results were obtained using an Intel Ivy Bridge system, a UASP enabled Star Tech.com enclosure, & a SATA III solid state drive.