Overall, the drive is plenty fast and perfect for its intended role as, yes-a backup drive. The older but universally compatible FAT file system is slower than NTFS is with small files, but the Backup Plus 5TB was indeed formatted to NTFS. So much so, that we double- and triple-checked the formatting, thinking it used FAT. But like its LaCie Porsche Design cousin (Seagate owns LaCie), it fell well off the pace writing small files and folders. The Backup Plus 5TB was a very good performer writing and reading large files, as well as reading small files. If you need to password-protect, look to WD and others. As an interested reader and new Backup Plus owner recently reminded me via Answer Line, there is no security software bundled with this drive. One thing you shouldn’t do is rely upon data recovery rather than maintaining multiple backup copies of your data, for the simple reason that it’s not always possible to recover the data. Indeed, most of mine have lasted more than three years. But it’s all about the odds–drives don’t always go bad. Data recovery without the warranty can cost many hundreds of dollars. What you do about that is your own affair. Recovery is not 100% certain, so keep your drive backed up. The perfect compliment to personal aesthetic, this portable external hard drive. You can purchase recovery insurance, but don’t rely on it. Seagate 5TB Backup Plus Portable offers just that with of huge capacity. Seagate provides a setup utility, which allows you to register, download the Seatools or Dashboard backup utilities, and offers you a data recovery warranty for $10 for two years, or $15 for three years. The unit features a micro-USB port and comes with a cable that plugs into standard USB Type A for transfer speeds of up to 5Gbps. But hey, if you want 5TB, you’re going to have to deal with a couple of extra ounces-it takes another platter or two to hold the extra data. That’s neither small or light for an external USB hard drive. The Backup Plus Portable 5TB measures about 3 x 4.5 x 0.75 inches and weighs about half a pound. The Backup Plus Portable won’t set the world on fire, and if you don’t need the Mylio Create application, the 2016 edition will be a better buy.The little black drive is always a classic. With that in mind, Seagate did what it had to do in its best interests – namely the bare minimum: a new shell with a few minor improvements. New technologies like HAMR or Helium are reserved for more lucrative markets like data centers where the need for smaller 2.5-inch hard disk drives is, well, non-existent.įor those looking for the highest volumetric capacity around without breaking the bank, you simply can’t go wrong with a 5TB portable drive. There’s not much hardware improvement that can be made as there is little to no incentive to invest in R&D. Large capacity portable hard drives have reached a plateau. The Armor A60 even comes with a USB Type-C connector and cable holder. The other model is slightly cheaper at $145 and is both waterproof and shockproof. The SP050TBPHDD3LS3K costs $149 and has a distinctive diamond-patterned design with a bookmark that acts as a sliding protector for the USB port. Silicon Power has two drives sporting a 5TB capacity and both of them are waterproof. Is it worth paying $20 extra for those benefits? Yes, at least in our opinion. There’s also the 2016 version of the Backup Plus that retails for 15% less than its 2019 counterpart – but it lacks the new design, the Type-C plug converter and the Mylio Create subscription. However, it has a more attractive finish and a Type-C connector. The LaCie Porsche Design 5TB USB-C Mobile Hard Drive is far more expensive and doesn’t come with the Mylio Create software bundle. The irony here is that competitors are likely to use the same Seagate 5TB internal hard drive. A 10GB file was transferred in about 78 seconds from the laptop’s drive to the portable device, which equates to a real-life speed of around 128MBps – half the speed of some of the slower external solid-state drives we’ve evaluated. Overall, the drive performed above average in our two tests (CrystalDiskMark 6.0.2 and Atto 4) achieving read speeds of between 131 and 146MBps, and write speeds of between 130 and 139MBps. Ironically, the barebones 5TB drive is up to 50% more expensive than the external model, despite having fewer materials (no cable, chassis or electronics) the laws of supply and demand at work. It carries a two-year warranty, as does the Backup Plus Portable. This ST5000LM000 drive also has 128MB cache and a spindle speed of 5,400RPM. It is a 12.5mm tall, five-platter model, with each platter having a 1TB capacity. The 5TB hard disk drive used by the Backup Plus Portable was actually launched back in 2016. Here’s how the Seagate Backup Plus Portable performed in our benchmark tests:ĬrystalDiskMark: 146MBps (read) 130MBps (write)Ītto: 131MBps (read, 256mb) 139MBps (write, 256mb) Performance
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