A really great buy and affordable too! Make sure you have it plugged into a real USB 3.0 port, some systems don't label them correctly and you will be limited to 60mb/s due to USB 2.0 transfer modes. With USB 3.0 I was getting 140mb/s and have already put 2TB of data on the drive without a fault. Defragmentation takes 2 hours when it is 50% fragmented due to the size and 5900RPM speed. It is quiet unless it is put under full speed load.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
I have three of these boys. Two purchased in 2015, one in 2016. Non have failed yet, so in terms of their reliability, they have passed the test of time. The drive gets extremely hot during file writing so I would not recommend using it as 24/7 NAS solution. But the drive is great for archival backups, what the drive is really designed for. Magnetic shingling technology used in the drive slows down it's read/write speeds so don't expect the drive to be as fast as traditional USB 3 hard drive. you still get average 70-80 MBps write speed depending on files type you are backing up. But at $25 per Terabyte I paid for it back then I could not find a better value for the money. Now in 2019 it is even cheaper. So far I am a happy owner of Seagate Backup Plus 8 Tb external hard drives.
Verified purchase: No
A must have for backup purposes with the large capacity. Quite and does not run hot, luke warm to the touch
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
Easy to install, plug and play, small in size and super quiet. Bought another for the wife.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
Really nice all around!! Fast, quiet and unobtrusive on your desktop. There is a great deal of peace of mind knowing your backed up locally and need not rely on external sources. Many thanks.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
After collecting music and videos I had run out of Space.. This Drive was a must to backup my Two 5 TB Drives. Hd Pictures from Family Phones and HD Family Movies. Suck up the Hard drive Space.. Now we need more 7 mm Laptop drives in the 2Tb and larger size. Laptops with mini SSD's just don't get it! Wake up you engineers! I want to see Laptops with huge Solid state drives. 7mm's thin to fit in our thinline tablets.. Anxiously awaiting! JKP in Findlay Ohio
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
Seagate has always been a premium drive. Problem free and dependable. Highly recommended,
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
I use it for storing movies and it works great no problems getting into it or running the movies
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
This has been my go to backup since I don't have tape drives on my server and it is working great. I have even used it to do sandbox restores too as it has lots of storage space. I would recommend for the price and maybe even put two for redundancy at this price.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Best Selling in Internal Hard Disk Drives
Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Save on Internal Hard Disk Drives