Reddit reviews Seagate Backup Plus Portable 4TB External Hard Drive HDD – Black USB 3.0 for PC Laptop and Mac, 2 Months Adobe CC Photography (STDR4000100)

Purchase external HD, plug in, never worry about space again.

EDIT: For anyone interested, I bought this one

Seagate Backup Plus 4TB USB 3.0 is the one I am looking at if I switch to 2.5" drives. They are $110 to $120 on amazon or newegg or similarly priced a number of other places.

Model numbers are STDR4000100 (black), STDR4000901 (blue), STDR4000902 (red), and STDR4000900 (silver), but the internals are the same.


Article on shucking them

I use a Seagate 4TB, I have about 230 games installed and it's at about 54% used, how much is enough is up to you.

If you're willing to shuck, you can get 4TB seagate drives from their externals for a little over $100. They're just barracudas inside (15mm, make sure you have compatible bays), but they seem fine to me. I shucked a couple of them a couple months ago and they've been fine so far. Better than my 1TB red 2.5s in terms of speed.

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Portable-External-STDR4000100/dp/B00ZTRXFBA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1497015786&sr=8-2&keywords=seagate+4tb+external

Makes sense.

Blocks continue to increase in size- True, but at the same time, hard drive space and bandwidth is getting cheaper. Right now we're at 100GB or so worth of blockchain data. I can buy a 4TB drive on Amazon for $100.
That said, obviously the blockchain size growth can't increase faster than storage availability without causing some centralization. But we are nowhere there yet, and I don't think that's a valid reason to avoid a 2MB upgrade today.

Thoughts on that?

As for contentious forks, keep in mind BCH (an intentional fork to make a different currency) is different than 2X / Unlimited / Classic / XT (controversial attempts to change Bitcoin itself). This is an important difference. Right now the main issue of contention is the 2X hard fork- SegWit2x was an industry agreement to do a one time hard fork to 2MB and also activate SegWit. Now that SW activated there are those who say the 2X part should be abandoned.
However I'd point out that the 2X part carries strong support from miners and most Bitcoin companies. The only ones who really make it controversial are the Core developers, who are against it. If Core was in favor, just about any observer would agree that there is full consensus. However Core has made no plans or explanation for how or when a block size increase will be done (even though it's obvious one will be needed eventually, even with SegWit).

Thoughts on that?

As for BCH, I don't see it harming Bitcoin. Everyone seems to understand that BCH and BTC are now different, and obviously a lot of people like BCH as evidenced by its strong price support.

I got a external all the way back when I got into the beta that added external support and been using it on my Pro with rest mode since day 1 and haven't ever had to repair anything or run into any issues.

Drive I'm using: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZTRXFBA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_MfOPzbPVS2Z5M

If you need even more storage: 2TB for $65, shipped (2.5" USB powered) or 4TB for $100, shipped
(2.5" USB powered).

Here's an 8TB for $160, shipped (3.5" externally powered).

Cheaper than buying the HDD alone.

• 4TB Seagate Backup Plus Portable 2.5" = $109.99
  
• 4TB Seagate 2.5" = $179.50
  
  (ST4000LM024 is the newer drive that's found in the Backup Plus Portable).

Look into shucking a seagate 2.5" drive. You should be able to get 4tb new for your 100 bucks.
Drive here: https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Portable-External-Storage-STDR4000100/dp/B00ZTRXFBA/ref=as_li_bk_tl/?tag=servecom-20&linkId=44d43abb0c2382a66295517dfbde2add&linkCode=ktl

more info: https://www.servethehome.com/seagate-4tb-2-5-sata-hdd-124-get-ready-density/

One thing many people are not aware of, is that backup external drives are not meant to be on and connected 24/7 - well most of them. Quite often the controller fails after a period of time.

Not to say that is what is happening here, but what you described is symptomatic of such a failure. You could always try to get the drive into another case and you may be able to recover from there (unlikely but possible).

Something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB3000100/dp/B00TKFEEJ4/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1499901663&sr=8-4&keywords=external+desktop+drive is made to work constantly, while something like that: https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Portable-External-STDR4000100/dp/B00ZTRXFBA/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1499901746&sr=8-14&keywords=external+backup+drive may have a shortened life if always on.

You might want to check out the ODROID-HC1.
I have a Seagate 4TB 2.5" in mine, and it is fantastic for backups.
It can handle being a seedbox and Plex Server. Just don't do too much transcoding from it. (It got about 2FPS when transcoding 1080P H.264 -> H.265 in ffmpeg)
Hardware accelerated NIC is really nice.

I've had a version of the second one (actually this one) for over two years and performed flawlessly. Not always connected, I plug it once a week to backup photos and documents.

Was 99 when I posted, $114.97 or so @ the next comment now back to $99 https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00ZTRXFBA/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1499480688&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=STDR4000100&dpPl=1&dpID=31D6-C4d5NL&ref=plSrch edit: apparently I don't know how to reply to comments.

Seriously. For just double that you can get quadruple the amount of space.

Amazon has it in black for $110 w/o promo code, although I think the pictures wrong.

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Portable-External-Storage-STDR4000100/dp/B00ZTRXFBA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1479579340&sr=8-1&keywords=Seagate%2BBackup%2BPlus%2B4TB%2BPortable%2BExternal%2BHard%2BDrive&th=1

I use this one. I have never worried about it filling up or had speed issues.

Build a tower with a Titanium rated PSU, a low wattage embedded ITX board from Asrock Rack or Supermicro w/ ECC support, a 9211-8i in IT mode and 2.5" 4TB Seagate drives (can be had for $100 by shucking externals). Really low wattage even with the drives spinning 24/7.

Here's a nice little drive bay.

Here's a lower mobo that would works great FreeNAS

Shuckable Seagate 4TB 2.5"

So, wattage wise, the drives idle at 1.1W each, the SAS card is about 8W, the CPU is a 14W TDP so I'll use that for the whole mobo's idle... looking at ~32W idle for the whole system? Maybe 40W at most. Also low noise.

Edit w/ moar partz!

Here's a decent and cheap Titanium PSU, very efficient. 8.2 by JonnyGuru.

Cheap Dell H310 HBA which can be reflashed to a 9211-8i IT mode for use with FreeNAS.

Seagate 4TB // USB Powered, and you may need one of these
(Ladco HDD Travel Case)
also, just so you don't fuck your shit up... it'd be a good investment for your sanity.

I modified a Seagate Backup Plus 4TB Portable External Hard Drive Link and used a Sata extension cable similar to this Link.
Its passively cooled and I haven't had any problems yet.
http://imgur.com/a/4ix9v

If you can swing the extra $20 this is a 4TB no power supply external:

Seagate Backup Plus 4TB Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0, Black (STDR4000100)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZTRXFBA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_bXazzbPQBKNKP

yes -- the dock http://www.amazon.com/DOCK-ToughArmor-MB994SK-1B-6Gbps-Mobile/dp/B00PBOOLFK (supports up to 15mm drives), and the drives http://amzn.com/B00ZTRXFBA (12.2mm)
Plus you end up with free SATA-USB3 cables afterwards :P

I have a pair of these reformatted as a ZFS mirrored pool: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZTRXFBA

They're connected to my laptop over its 2 USB3 ports and so far things seem to be working out decently: ~200MB/s sustained reading speeds, ~50-80MB/s writing (understandable as these disks are SMRs).

I used this Seagate Backup Plus 4TB Portable External Hard Drive from Amazon. You rip it open and use the drive from inside the case.

I followed this guide. http://www.rosswalker.co.uk/tivo_upgrade/#BOLT

This one: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B00ZTRXFBA/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1484318624&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=seagate+4tb&dpPl=1&dpID=31D6-C4d5NL&ref=plSrch

Just took it out of it's enclosure and plugged the cable in, then put the 1tb drive in the enclosure and now have a 1tb portable drive.

It does actually fit internally but I didn't like the amount of heat and I thought it'd do better plugged in using a cable and now I can easily swap the drive if need be.

Trying to choose between this drive, and the Backup Plus, and this WD Blue. All are 4 TB, and will be used in my desktop (I'll remove the enclosure if I get the Backup Plus).


What do you guys suggest?

You have usb 3.0/3.1 ports so that'll work fine. I'll assume you're American.

Here's a couple of basic recommendations;

If price is no issue then this is probably your best bet.

This for more capacity and better price but slower performance.

However look around and check the specs and find something that fits your budget.

I don't have an R610, but I do have an R710 SFF. Here's my plan for storage. One 500GB SSD for VM storage (~$100) Then filling up the rest with 4TB ST4000LM016 that can be removed from these (~$110)

My R710 already has an H700, but you can also get an H200 is you want to do software raid. I'll probably be switching to an H200 eventually, but the H700 is fine for now.

As far as storage, the limiting factor is going to be the Perc 6i. Upgrade that first, then you should be able to get a decent amount of storage on there.

i happened to have the 4tb version of this:

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https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Portable-External-Photography-STDR4000100/dp/B00ZTRXFBA

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works well in all the ports on the dock, bus powered so extra power supply to mess with. Using exFat and seeing all 4tb with sx os 2.2.1 beta. write speed is only like 122 MB/s, but that's fine for me.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZTRXFBA This Seagate drive is $59 and much better quality. It uses a 1TB 5400rpm Seagate drive so still slow but much more reliable. I'd rather use it than the Transcend one.

I've successfully used/tested a SanDisk 256GB, Seagate 1TB & Seagate 4TB drives, none with their own power source & all via OTG.

I've had two toshiba externals for about 2 years and recently picked up two seagate externals (all 2.5" ranging from 1TB to 4TB).

I haven't seen/experienced any issues with them. My one seagate 4TB acts as my photo dump drive when I travel. I've treated it pretty rough since I take it while camping and backpacking.

As far as software goes, check out Qiling. This will allow you to configure your backups however you want. You can do specific folders or entire images.

I don't use much in terms of backup software. I just have batch files setup in Task Scheduler to run and do file backups for me. I don't worry about images since I can rebuild my system fairly quickly.

I'd recommend running a 3-2-1 system if you really want to be good with backups. 3 total backups, 2 on-site, 1 off-site (in-case of fire, flood, burglary, etc). Backblaze is a great online solution.

I got this one. Drops to around $100 occasionally. 4 TB gives much more needed space.

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Portable-External-STDR4000100/dp/B00ZTRXFBA/ref=sr_1_3?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1485355242&sr=1-3&keywords=4tb%2Bexternal%2Bhard%2Bdrive&th=1

I'm going attempt to use this 4 TB HD when I return from my deployment...it looks a little bigger than the one I'm currently using 2 TB HD but I think it will still fit.

I have a better idea.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00L9R3AKA/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A2OCOGC9B25845

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  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ZTRXFBA/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER
  
  cut a hole in the back of the HDD casing to support the connector, plug the connector in to the ps4. Done.
  
  No fear of mashing in a HDD in to a slot the PS Pro was not designed for. No fear of cooking your HDD as it'll live in a enclosure it was designed for. No fear of cooking your PS4 as, sure you have to run it without the back plate which messes a touch with air flow, BUT that should be more than offset by the fact that you no longer have a heat generating hard drive in the slot.
  
  Done.
  
  I'm ordering this today and will report the results.

I own one of these currently. After 5 months it makes a terrible whirring noise all the time to the point i bought a replacement:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ZTRXFBA?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01

Why deal with the hassle when you can get it external, which has more value in multiple ways.

The Seagate I looked up was shuckable, I actually almost bought it for my PS4, but went with a cheaper 2Tb version instead.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ZTRXFBA/ref=ask_ql_qh_dp_hza

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I've also got a PERC H700 which is 4Tb ( and up to 6tb from what I'm reading) compatible.

Here's the one I use. I definitely see all 4 in my settings. I'm not sure what the max is though.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ZTRXFBA/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I have had good success with shucking these... occasionally they drop below $100, not bad for a 4TB drive.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ZTRXFBA/

They show up as ST4000LM024, which are PMR SMR(thank you mj_turner for the correction) drives.
They are 15mm drive height but that works fine for most if not all server disk trays.

I have also used these
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LX13P71
not bad for the price and density.

i cover this in my jailbreak the ps4 for dummies post above yours here is the usb hd and usb wifi development board i am using:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ZTRXFBA/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B010O1G1ES/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00ZTRXFBA/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1463420571&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=4tb+external+hard+drive&dpPl=1&dpID=31aBHfwVZHL&ref=plSrch

This is the one I have. I know people don't like Seagate but I haven't had any problems with their HDDs.

Western Digital makes a 3TB for roughly the same price:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00W8XXYN2/ref=mp_s_a_1_8?qid=1463420571&sr=8-8&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=4tb+external+hard+drive&dpPl=1&dpID=41D00LjHbIL&ref=plSrch

I don't know the read/writes. 99% sure It's just a 5400 RPM drive with USB 3.0. This is it: External HDD


Edit: So Kodi 4K/HDR works?

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yeah. 4K is crazy on file sizes. Get a 4TB travel drive for like $110. That'll hold everything you need for at least a year. I find the Seagate 4TB USB 3.0 to be the best value and performance. Plus the Red is pretty.

Especially when centralized storage is so cheap.

I've had my Computer with a 1TB HD since December of 2013 and I still have like 200GB free. And I used to Torrent movies and TV shows nightly. I'd delete them after watching, but still...

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Portable-External-STDR4000100/dp/B00ZTRXFBA/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1505432454&sr=8-4&keywords=4tb+hard+drive

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Portable-External-STDR4000100/dp/B00ZTRXFBA/ref=sr_1_5?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1504586514&sr=1-5&keywords=external+hard+drive+4tb

My go-to easy external storage is portable hard drives. You can get 4 TB ones for about $100 USD. Because they're powered by the USB connection, I find them more handy than the external powered larger ones (I also travel a lot, making portable ones more practical).

I've used mostly WD portable hard drives, and have had good luck with them (however my sample size is small).

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Portable-External-STDR4000100/dp/B00ZTRXFBA/

https://www.amazon.com/Black-Passport-Portable-External-Drive/dp/B01LQQH86A/

The important thing is to never let a single copy of important data exist. Make sure it exists on two or more places.

Yes. I have a 4TB connected to an RPI i use as a media box. There is no 'chugging' or 'lag' when using appropriately encoded videos. I use this drive

If you're concerned about power drain, make sure you're using a proper power supply to the RPI (not a typical phone charger, or powering it off some other device), and you can go a step further by using a powered USB hub.

How fast do you want access to be? You're probably going to be best served with a USB drive, but you could also use a network attached device.

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Bite the bullet and invest in an external hard drive for now. I'm going to assume NAS setups and off-site backups are out of your price range atm. For ex:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZTRXFBA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_zBeJzbDGSJ628

Or, y'know, spinners at 2.5", for example these suckers once shucked.

the X is definitely worth it but get this too https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Portable-External-Photography-STDR4000100/dp/B00ZTRXFBA/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1536784750&sr=1-1&keywords=seagate+4tb

I got this

Wanted something USB powered, relatively cheap, and portable while still being decently large.

The only thing that could make some difference is the RPM, the larger "desktop" sized external HD's that need external power are sometimes 7200 RPM instead of the more typical 5400 RPM. From the tests I've seen on 5400 RPM vs 7200 RPM in a PS4, I don't think it makes much of a difference anymore. On a long loading screen, it might shave off a few seconds at most.

Does anyone have any experience with this drive? Or can anyone recommend any other specific drives?

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Portable-External-STDR4000100/dp/B00ZTRXFBA/

One of these is the kind of thing I was thinking of - Intel NUC Mini PC kit NUC7i5BNK
The only catch is you need to add on a M.2 drive and RAM which pushes the price up.
The thing I like the most about the NUC's is that they are small and quiet and don't use much power. The TDP on that i5 cpu is 15w with a passmark of 5698
Then just add on one of these little drives for storage.

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Portable-External-STDR4000100/dp/B00ZTRXFBA/ref=pd_lpo_vtph_147_lp_t_3?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=TR9A16F9XCN756CDCMH9

$109.99 and Free shipping

I'd argue it's slightly different as this is a Passport model and not a external drive, but I don't think it matters price wise.

Speaking of, there are some 4tb HDD's in amazon's used section for 99:

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/offer-listing/B00ZTRXFBA/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/offer-listing/B07MY4JL3Q/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used

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Seagate is what the licensed Xbox branded external hard drives are. I have a seagate 4TB external hard drive that works perfectly fine despite not being branded by Xbox. I watched some videos and read some articles on people making a case for solid state external drives dramatically lowering load times of standard HDDs. However, you definitely pay a premium price for anything SSD right now so I recommend just a regular old USB 3.0 powered seagate. Here’s an example of one very similar to mine:
Seagate Backup Plus 4TB Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0, Black (STDR4000100) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZTRXFBA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_xMPFAbMFHSHH0

And the Xbox branded version:
Seagate Game Drive for Xbox One, Green, 4TB (STEA4000402) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BV13S7S/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_7MPFAbM7TQXND

Hope this helps.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZTRXFBA/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_apa_oHyNxb4HSZ2XJ

How does this compare to this one: https://www.amazon.ca/Seagate-Backup-Portable-External-STDR2000103/dp/B00ZTRXFBA/ref=sr_1_5?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1511797310&sr=1-5&keywords=seagate%2Bbackup%2Bplus&th=1

Native USB-C hard disks, such as LaCie Porsche Design 2TB ($16) is expensive.

I would just get a well received 2.5" bus powered external hard disk such as Seagate Backup Plus Portable 4TB ($125) or Seagate Backup Plus Ultra Slim 2TB ($100) and get USB-C to Micro-B cable from a reliable vendor.

I got this drive - 4TB Seagate Slim

It's a tight fit, but if you don't use the cover, it will work. I have a bunch of digital games (since I game share with my brother), but 5TB total is quite nice :)

Edit: I bought the external and I took the drive out of the case.

bestbuy 4 TB Seagate hard drive

Sorry it was a Seagate. I had to go look. Works great! Very compact.

Seagate 4tb on Amazon

You can buy a 4TB portable external HDD on Amazon for $120.

Yes, I do. It's this one. My Roku 3 powered it just fine.

1. 4 TB
   
2. Seagate
   
3. STDR4000100
   
   amzn
   

Honestly, I would just get a portable 4TB drive like this one ; https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Portable-External-Storage-STDR4000100/dp/B00ZTRXFBA/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1482697601&sr=1-1&keywords=seagate+4+tb
The price difference does not justify the marginal difference in load times.