Seagate - Personal Cloud 5TB External Hard Drive (NAS) - Black
- Key Specs
- Storage Drive Type: HDD (Traditional, mechanical hard disk drives are the most common type of storage because they're relatively inexpensive and offer huge capacities. However, they also generate both noise and heat. Solid state drives, also known as SSDs, are many times faster than hard disk drives and have no moving parts to wear out, but typically offer less capacity for the same price.)
- Interface(s): Ethernet, USB (Refers to the types of connections that devices use to interact and communicate with each other.)
- General
- Product Name: Personal Cloud 5TB External Hard Drive (NAS)
- Brand: Seagate
- Model Number: STCR5000101
- Performance
- Storage Drive Type: HDD (Traditional, mechanical hard disk drives are the most common type of storage because they're relatively inexpensive and offer huge capacities. However, they also generate both noise and heat. Solid state drives, also known as SSDs, are many times faster than hard disk drives and have no moving parts to wear out, but typically offer less capacity for the same price.)
- Compatibility
- Internal Or External: External
- External Hard Drive Type: Desktop (Physical characteristics of the hard drive, including size, weight and how you connect to your device.)
- Interface(s): Ethernet, USB (Refers to the types of connections that devices use to interact and communicate with each other.)
- Minimum System Requirements: PC: Windows Vista, 7 or 8; Mac: OS X 10.7 or later; router with available Ethernet port; Internet connection; Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome or Safari
- Dimensions
- Product Height: 1.89 inches (The out of box height of the item. Height is measured as the vertical distance from the bottom of the item to the top as it would be primarily used or placed.)
- Product Width: 9.25 inches (The out of box width of the item. Width is measured as the horizontal distance from one side of the item to the other as it would be primarily used or placed.)
- Product Weight: 40.48 ounces (The out of box weight of the item.)
- Other
- UPC: 763649066539
Access important files at home and on the go with this Seagate Personal Cloud STCR5000101 external USB and Ethernet hard drive, which offers a personal Cloud with a 5TB storage capacity for secure file sharing, streaming and remote access.
- 5TB storage capacity: Provides plenty of space for music, movies, games, photos and other digital data.
- USB and Ethernet interfaces: Allow flexible connectivity.
- Personal Cloud: Makes it easy to share, stream and organized your files at home or on the go.
- Secure file sharing: Allows you to invite family and friends to access data via private e-mails.
- Data backup: Helps protect data stored on your PC or Mac or compatible smartphone or tablet and transfer files stored in a variety of Cloud services, including Dropbox, Google Drive, Baidu and Box.
- Wireless streaming: Lets you send media to devices with an Android, Apple® iOS, Kindle Fire or Windows 8 operating system, as well as a Samsung or LG smart TV, Roku player, Chromecast, AirPlay, Apple TV or other DLNA-capable device.
- Remote access: Enables you to enjoy your media while you're out and about via the Seagate Media app (download required).
Whats Included
- Owner's manual
- Personal Cloud 5TB External Hard Drive (NAS)
- Power supply, Ethernet cable
Q: what is the transfer speed?
A: I got it around 110 Mbps its peak. Though its not consistent but on Average you may get 60-80 Mbps depending on USB (3.0 or 2.0) and your hard disk (source).
A: Yes. I transfered data from both another external drive and direct from my PC.
Q: Are the hard drives included when you purchase this item or do you have to buy them separately?
A: included
A: This isn't a cloud subscription service, this device is the cloud storage. Seagate provides software/a means for you to access the device remotely but there isn't any cost to that. If Seagate cease that service in the future the device will become somewhat more limited but would still function for a home network based cloud storage system. There's only the upfront cost nothing more.
Q: Does it have to be connected directly to the modem
A: NO! It works as wireless or you can use a hotspot, which ever you choose!
A: 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.
A: It has both Ethernet and USB ports
A: How much memory are you using? The 1TB External Hard drive will help but you might want to consider splitting up you Data/memory to more than one place. Like using Dropbox, Cloud and this device if you need to transfer files not on the internet.
