whats the power usage on it for idle and load? I have 2 2tb on a freenas vm used for temp storage to other vms. would be good to replace those old 3.5 drives with 2.5 and lower power as well.
Is there a response from ganesh yet? also would it be possible to do some A/B testing to see how much(if any) the SATA to usb3 converter is slowing things down?I chatted tonight with Ganesh. He is going to ask Seagate.
Anantech tested it Inside the enclosure although i think STH has their own tests Seagate Backup Plus Portable 4TB USB 3.0 Drive Reviewhow about the performance of this drive ??
Looks great, how hot do they get out of curiosity?Updated with a link to the main site post.
I wonder if there are any 4 bay(or larger) nas units that are affordable these would work well in.I can report that the slightly cheaper STEA4000400 (120USD on Newegg and Amazon, Newegg has also had 10USD off promocodes for it) also contains the ST400LM016. It doesn't come with the 200GB Onedrive plan, but I don't have a use for it. The enclosure has a sort of ugly pyramid pattern, so not wasn't too upset with wrecking it. As a bit of a warning, I'm not sure this one is open able without some visible damage to the enclosure, the top laps over the edge of the base.
You mean 2.5" NAS ? Don't think so. The qnap and synology systems for 2.5" won't work.I wonder if there are any 4 bay(or larger) nas units that are affordable these would work well in.
I saw those too but they were not same day/ one day shipping with Prime and did not have the OneDrive. The cases look similar save the design pattern.I can report that the slightly cheaper STEA4000400 (120USD on Newegg and Amazon, Newegg has also had 10USD off promocodes for it) also contains the ST400LM016. It doesn't come with the 200GB Onedrive plan, but I don't have a use for it. The enclosure has a sort of ugly pyramid pattern, so not wasn't too upset with wrecking it. As a bit of a warning, I'm not sure this one is open able without some visible damage to the enclosure, the top laps over the edge of the base.
Wait sub 100 for 4tb drives? That's kinda absurd aren't 3.5" 4tb over 100 still?Packaging wise, the internals of the STEA4000400 are quite Spartan (literally just foil tape around the SATA <->USB3.0 bridge board and little rubber nubs around some Phillips screws in the drive. So the Backup Plus is likely to survive better if you keep it in the enclosure than the STEA4000400.
Price wise, it looks like the Backup Plus (STDR4000100) and the STEA4000400 have both been around or sub 100USD within the past month (and now I have a slickdeals alert setup for these). So there are definitely deals to be had here.
Yeah it's a little crazy, I had missed the sub 100USD deals (happened back on 31/3/2016). Note that these are typically with promocodes so you may only be able to get 1 or 2 at that price. But if you are not in a hurry to amass a large number of drives, then there are deals to be had.Wait sub 100 for 4tb drives? That's kinda absurd aren't 3.5" 4tb over 100 still?
hmm 352 raw in 4u...