A:Answer7200 rpm usually. It is USB 3.0 so it does transfer data pretty fast. It is backward compatible to USB 2.0 but data transfer will be slower. USB 3.0 has blue pieces of plastic inside the connector. 2.0 they are white or black
A:AnswerIt works great with the Dish network Wally, so I would say Probably will be fine.If it doesn't work I figured I could always use an external usb drive for backup.