Seagate Backup Plus Portable 2019 STHP5000400 5 TB

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At CES 2019, Seagate brought three updated lines of external hard drives. A common feature of all new models is a new airy and slightly glamorous design, with the expectation that this is not just a gadget, but also an accessory. Among them is the new Backup Plus Portable with a capacity of 5 TB.

Pleasant appearance

The top cover made of brushed aluminium gives the drive a pleasant appearance. The surface is quite practical: prints on the body of the carrier are almost invisible, although there are questions about how much it will be scratched. A carrying case would be nice here. In turn, the lower part of the novelty is made of durable ABS plastic, which does not care about scratches.

High copy speed

The Seagate Backup Plus Portable 2019 is 2cm thick, slightly thicker than last year's model. The explanation for this is extremely simple: the manufacturer had to increase the thickness of the disk to 15 mm in order to fit five platters with a volume of 1 terabyte in it. Seagate Backup Plus Portable 2019 runs silently and quickly, practically does not heat up during operation and has a classic design. The drive is connected to a computer or laptop via a USB 3.0 cable and provides a high average data transfer rate of 140 MB / s. When connected via USB of the second version, the speed ceiling will rest somewhere at 45 MB / s.

Backup software and cloud storage

Traditionally, the drive is equipped with proprietary software from Seagate, which allows you to optimize the process of archiving and backing up data, as well as set up time windows for automatic backups. For those who value maximum security, you can enable automatic copying of the same data to the cloud storage from Seagate (4 GB). Well, hardware data encryption will not be superfluous to protect information on the disk from prying eyes. In addition, the disc comes with a three-month subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud, which gives access to all Adobe products, and a one-year subscription to the Mylio photo archive organizing service. A trifle, but nice.