That way, when the inevitable eventually happens, you won't get that deep sick feeling that all your important data is lost forever. Generally, have AT LEAST one copy of everything, preferably kept in another physical location. So, whilst I do sympathise with those folk who have lost valuable data, I would always advocate BACKUP, BACKUP and BACKUP! No storage device is ever 100% reliable nor lasts forever. They don't get hammered, but do cope perfectly well for this fairly demanding use. More recently, I've been using these 2.5" USB 5TB drives for video library use.
I guess people are more likely to post negative comments when they have suffered a failure of some kind? Seagate Backup Plus Portable 4TB External Hard Drive HDD Black USB 3.0 for PC Laptop and Mac, 1 Year Myliocreate, 2 Months Adobe CC Photography, 2-year Rescue Service (STHP4000400) WD 5TB Elements Portable External Hard Drive HDD, USB 3. I have no connection with Segate nor any other vested interest, but I would say I've had literally dozens of their drives over the years and only ever had one failure.Īlso worth pointing out that almost every other make and model have similar comments, if not quite as many. There does seem to be quite a few negative reviews for Segate drives in general here.
no firmware updates available/visible on Seagate's site.
In addition to the USB3 cable, it came with 6 (yes, six!) country adapters for the (international*) DC brick: Made in Thailand (or at least the case + assembly is, not positive about the HD itself, but probably that as well) They have slowly been increasing in capacity too, and we even had a 1TB portable SSD from Samsung earlier this year.
This model will include all of the newest features of their Backup Plus line, most notably Lyve app compatibility, free OneDrive access, and social media backup capabilities. Flash drives and external SSDs can take advantage of the high-speed nature of the interface. Seagates Backup Plus line of external drives will expand mid-July to include the 4TB portable drive (2.5-inch). this USB3 desktop product as sold by Amazon: SMR / Shingled Magnetic Recording (not the best scheme, but not terrible if you're mostly archiving media / playing back, but not deleting stuff all the time)Įxternal model, i.e. Seagate 8TB Barracuda SATA 6Gb/s 256MB Cache 3.5-Inch 5400rpm Amazon offers 30 day free return if defective. mfgr warranty is only 1 year for US I believe. Could not pass up - one day sale was 40 bucks off the usual price.ĭeleted factory partitions and formatted as 1 ext4 partition (about 7-odd TB, as expected) for use with my media server. Top Rated Gear: Seagate 4TB Backup Plus Portable USB 3.0 External Hard Drive, Light Blue.