I have a Macbook Pro 15 Late 2011, can i replace the superdrive with an data 3 hdd or does it only work with sata2?

I was wondering if the superdrive can be replace with an sata 3 hdd or whether it should be a sata2 hdd.
I´ve heard of problems with sata 3 ssd´s as superdrive replacement.
thx

thank you, but the hdd that i was thinking about comes with an 6Gb/s interface...
http://www.hgst.com/tech/techlib.nsf/techdocs/79BA810F702AD64E88257977006375D8/$ file/TS5K1000_ds.pdf
do you think i could use this model in the optibay ?

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