Seagate backup plus hub 4tb manual
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Seagate’s Backup Plus Hub has a power jack and female USB Micro-B connector gracing its backside. On the back of the enclosure are the AC adapter jack and a Micro-B USB port.
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When I first opened the box, I was half-expecting charge-only functionality, but you can plug in anything you want to the USB port, including additional storage devices. Seagate rightly figures that if you’re going to have something large on your desk that requires a power cord, you might as well put the extra juice to work. The reason this particular Backup Plus model includes ‘Hub’ in its moniker is that it sports fully functional dual USB Type-A ports on the front. No, it’s not going to fit in your pocket. Sporting a 3.5-inch hard drive and an AC adapter, the Backup Plus Hub is hefty, weighing about three pounds and measuring around 4.75 by 7.75 by 1.5 inches. Go there for information on competing products and how we tested them. This review is part of our ongoing roundup.
Seagate backup plus hub 4tb manual portable#
Portable SSDs max out at 8TB, but only if you’re willing to shell out a cool $2000. By comparison, portable 2.5-inch hard drives, while equally affordable, are currently limited to 5TB. The 8TB version I tested is currently about $217 on Amazon.
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Seagate’s Backup Plus Hub comes in flavors from 4TB to 14TB. So why on earth, in this day of uber-fast portable SSDs and fast-enough, readily portable 2.5-inch hard drives, would anyone want to purchase a 3.5-inch external hard drive such as Seagate’s Backup Plus Hub? You sacrifice some portability, but the upsides are significant: nearly three times the capacity and faster sustained throughput than 2.5-inch models.