Testseek.com have collected 88 expert reviews of the Seagate Backup Plus Fast USB3 STDA and the average rating is 83%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Seagate Backup Plus Fast USB3 STDA.
April 2014
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The editors liked
Small drive that has a 4 TB capacity
Bus powered
Includes two cables
One allows you to pull enough power from laptops that wouldn't otherwise drive the drive
Tightly integrated with Seagate's dashboard software and ships with it preloaded
Allows you
Excellent software and apps
Good price for 4TB of storage
Very fast transfer speeds with it's dual-drive configuration
Massive capacity for a portable drive
Easy to set up
Fast write speeds
Prodigious storage capacity. Speedy throughput.
Very fast
4TB of capacity
Very low cost per gigabyte
The Seagate Backup Plus Fast is indeed extremely fast
And includes helpful backup software. The drive also provides top capacity
And is bus-powered
Good speeds
Especially for reads
4TB
No adapter required for powering up the drive
The editors didn't like
Works with USB 3.0 but not thunderbolt
Uses mechanical drives rather than solid state drives
RAID0 for backup is dangerous
Not serviceable by the user
Slight price premium over two 2TB USB 3.0 drives
Can eat up two USB connectors
No more Universal Storage Module (USM) interface. No Thunderbolt option. Bulky
Very difficult to recover from a RAID 0 failure
Thicker and heavier than single-drive alternatives
Users can't change the internal drives
The RAID 0 setup might result in a higher risk of data loss
RAID 0 carries risks that would discourage many users to purchase
Seagate Dashboard doesn't have the option to change the RAID configuration
Local price (India) is insanely priced
Casing should be lot stronger considering it houses 2x mechanical HDDs
Abstract: We are generating more data every day, be it in the form of images, social network posts, e-mails or documents. And even as our data output goes up, so do our requirements for saving and backing up this data. Small wonder then that back up hard drive solu...
Thanks to the RAID 0 configuration, the Seagate Fast drive blazes past the other external drives we have tested in the past. As seen in the charts above, it manages to cross the 200MB/s barrier for sequential transfers with ease. The write speeds are quic...
Fast Write/Read, 4TB of Storage Space, Affordable compared to per Gigabyte
RAID 0 failure might lead to data loss, Bit thick and heavier
Featured with 4TB of storage space, Seagate Backup Plus Fast undeniably offers a fast storage performance. It comes with USB 3.0 and simple dashboard that gives users quick options to transfer, save or share the data. Those working on the go, especially p...
The Seagate Backup Plus Fast Portable 4TB drive offer you good alternative for internal hard drive. In 4TB space you cancarry your entire PC data in it. The drive is fast enough to transfer 50GB of data in 30minutes. The write and read activity is really ...
Abstract: There's never a bad time to take a backup. You never know what might happen to your PC, hard drives, online accounts and portable devices, so it's just good sense to make sure you have multiple copies of everything that you consider irreplaceable - prefer...
Although both drives offer 4TB of storage, their performance as well as features and price differ quite greatly. The Seagate Backup Plus Fast is appreciable faster and with a recommended retail price of US$299.99, it is also significantly cheaper. And at ...
If you are looking for a huge capacity portable drive that performs like a champ, then you should take a look at the Seagate Backup Plus Fast. It's may be thicker than most drives, but it has excellent build quality and fast transfer speeds.The Seagate Ba...
Abstract: Man's demand for storage is like an unquenchable thirst. Fortunately, hard disk manufacturers are only too happy to oblige. Just recently, both Seagate and W D announced new 4TB portable external hard disk drives, and these drives are true portable hard d...
Abstract: I have been using the below Seagate Hard Drives for a while now and here is my review for themSeagate Backup Plus Fast Portable Drive (4TB),Seagate Backup Plus Slim Portable Drive (2TB),Seagate Wireless Plus Mobile Device Storage (2TB), andSeagate Central...
