![]() It has the USB 3.0 variant of the Micro-B USB connection at one end and a standard USB Type-A plug, with a blue tongue to indicate USB 3.0 support, at the other.Īccording to Windows the capacity of the drive is 5,000,845,586,432 bytes. A 460mm removable connecting cable is provided. Most of the case is black, but the face is available in a red, black, blue or metal brushed aluminium. It’s a fairly pretty thing in a business-like way. So while in shape and overall size it’s about the same as what you’d expect from any 2.5 inch portable hard drive – 114.5mm by 78mm – it’s a bit thicker at 20.5mm and heavier at 247 grams. ![]() The drive uses Seagate’s high density drive platters – two of them I believe. Yes, a portable drive in a smallish package with sufficient capacity for – well, just about any reasonable need.Īs you can tell from the name, Seagate intends this drive for backup purposes, but I could see it being equally used in sneaker-net applications, particularly wide area ones.* Which brings us back to the venerable hard drive, with its spinning platters covered with fine-grained magnetic coatings and high speed heads hovering the tiniest of distances above them.Īnd the biggest of those, capacity-wise, in the hard disc world is the Seagate Backup Plus 5TB. A solid state drive gives speed, but for high capacities the prices tend to be not so reasonable. What do you want from your portable hard drive? I want capacity and speed, preferably at a reasonable price. ![]()
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