It’s a little wider than the 6 Plus, but not by much. It’s shorter than my iPhone 6 Plus, and about as thick as two and a half iPhones stack on top of one another. The Backup Fast Plus is also really small. ![]() I don’t have to go hunting for power outlets to use this drive either. I can’t tell you how convenient it is to have this much storage with me everywhere I go. Ease of useīecause this drive is bus powered via a single USB 3.0 cable, it works on tons of computers, and I only need to carry the drive and single cable with me to connect to my MacBook on the go. ![]() Of course, if the drive fails, then it’s not much of a steal at all all, but again, that’s a risk that I’m okay with taking. Having a bus-powered 4TB drive with RAID 0 for around $200 seems like a steal. Seeing that I plan on backing up this drive every night, that’s a risk that I’m willing to take since it’s a great bang for the buck. Unfortunately, due to the nature of RAID 0, your risk is substantially increased, because if one drive dies, the data on both drives is compromised. Data is stripped between both drives, and because it’s accessing data from two separate drives, the access rates are thus doubled in speed. There’s actually two tiny 2TB drives inside of this case, which equates to the 4TB storage amount. RAID 0 is great for speed, but it’s double the risk when it comes to failure. I should also mention that I plan on offloading all of the files off of the drive each night just in case. I understand that Seagate has a tarnished reputation when it comes to the dependability of its drives, but there’s no way that I will be able to test the drive’s dependability when I’ve only had it for a week. I also plan to travel with the drive when necessary, but for the majority of the time, it will be safely parked on top of my desk. I plan on using it every day for significant loads at times, and for significant data throughput. ![]() That, of course, is not how I plan on using this drive. In fact, the drive’s very name is “Backup Plus”, so it’s definitely intended for Time Machine backups and the like. It’s evident from the drive’s branding that Seagate is aiming for the backup crowd. Comes with two USB cables, a single connector for bus power and Y-connector.First of all, lets run down some of the drive’s stats:
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