“is the Seagate cloud my personal cloud connected to my server only, And 2. How much of the 5tb is in the cloud vs the physical hard drive . OR are both my cloud and the physical drive both storing the same pics and info?”
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The Seagate drive is a standalone device, and doesn't need to be connected to a server at all. The 5TB is all on the machine. "Cloud" in this case just means that you can access the device from anywhere through the internet, but only if your device is connected and powered on. In essence, it's a mini-server. If you were to disconnect your seagate drive you would lose your "cloud" access.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I would expect that the Seagate cloud storage would be shared. I don't know for sure, but expect you can set it up with encryption. http://www.seagate.com/manuals/network-storage/seagate-personal-cloud/backup-manager/ http://www.seagate.com/support/network-attached-storage/home-network/personal-cloud/ The box of an ordinary Seagate drive identifies the actual amount of storage on the drive itself. Often these include offers for *additional* storage on the cloud for some limited period of time, often for one year. Note that Seagate also offers cloud storage appliances, which are different than a drive with an offer for use of some separate cloud storage. A more specific answer would require the exact Seagate model number that you are considering.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.YES, my cloud and the physical drive are one in the same device and everything is stored on the one device. A 5tb "cloud" device is all 5 tb locally. This is called a NAS or network attached storage. The fact that they call it a cloud is because these devices can be attached via ethernet and can be accessed by any device on the network so it isn't relying on a specific computer to be on to share it. Also, most of these devices can be setup to be accessed securely through the internet.
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