OVERVIEW: Seagate Backup Plus Ultra Slim - the world's thinnest portable hard disk capacity of 2 TB
Devices / / December 19, 2019
Hard drives were so long that they seem to have nothing better, but manufacturers do not give up and offer more and more compact portable external hard drives without sacrificing capacity. Today I'll tell you about a tiny box less than one centimeter in thickness, on which you can record two terabytes of data.
Once I put in my computer at home first Barracuda 40 GB, and it has worked flawlessly until replaced by a more capacious model. It is difficult to question the quality of the manufacturer whose products you use for 15 years and, therefore, the newcomer Seagate Backup Plus Ultra Slim The default is perceived as a very reliable.
Design, housing design
At the time of submission within the CES 2016 Disk Backup Plus Ultra Slim was the world's thinnest portable HDD capacity 2 TB, and if I'm not mistaken, and remains so to this day.
At first, the miniature Backup Plus Ultra Slim is really impressive. Hard to believe that inside is a 2.5-inch hard drive by as much as 2 TB. Look how small it appears on the background of iPhone 6.
Not less than pleased that such a small size have been achieved without compromising build quality and durability. Thin and light box does not creak and no backlash if it harder to squeeze in her hand, and the whole body does not cause any complaints. Everything is made on the conscience.
Capacity | 2 TB / TB 1 |
Interface | USB 3.0 |
Height | 9.6 mm |
Length | 113.5 mm |
Width | 76 mm |
Weight | 135 g |
Backup Plus Ultra Slim is available in gold and platinum versions. Special chic disk adds bulk texture of the top cover that mimics the surface of a golf ball.
My hands got gold version, but from a practical point of view, better to take the platinum. Gray metallic is more versatile and goes with almost any, especially with aluminum, the laptop can not be said about the option of gold. However, it is only a matter of taste.
In a corner of the top panel is Seagate logo, which is located opposite the power indicator in the form of thin stripes.
The rest of the body is made from black plastic with rough embossed on the bottom panel of a large Seagate logo.
Connecting to a Computer
Backup Plus Ultra Slim connects to your computer via the included cable USB 3.0 - USB 3.0 Micro-B, backward compatible with USB 2.0.
Simply put, the disc will work when connected to a port USB 2.0, but much more slowly, and in the absence of the native wire you can use everywhere common cables USB 2.0 Micro-B. However, rates of USB 3.0 in this case, you also do not get it.
read and write speed
To test the performance of Backup Plus Ultra Slim utility used Blackmagic Speed Disk Speed Test, Crystal DiskMark and IOMeter.
Read (MB / s) | Recording (MB / s) | |
Blackmagic Disk Speed Test | 121,6 | 124,5 |
Crystal DiskMark (sequential) | 128,5 | 124,7 |
IOMeter (random) | 80,2 | 36,9 |
Such low rates are explained by Random write technology feature tiled magnetic recording (SMR - Shingled Magnetic Recording).
SMR provides higher storage density, and thus it became possible to create such a compact hard disk large capacity. The producers sacrificed random write rate.
Software
Line drive Backup Plus comes with a set of software, consisting of a proprietary utility to automate the backup and Seagate Dashboard management (can to backup data from your computer, from cloud storage Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, and social networks), as well as service to store and organize photos and videos Lyve.
In addition to the above programs, customers Backup Plus for 2 years free of charge to 200 GB in the cloud Microsoft OneDrive storage.
conclusion
When you record a small thickness of the Seagate Backup Plus Ultra Slim housing costs are quite reasonable 100 dollars, that is almost not allocated costs among other 2.5-inch external HDD-drives capacity of 2 TB. If you need the most compact and lightweight external drive, comparable in size with the SSD, but worth a bit more expensive than the HDD, the Ultra Slim will be a great option.
Seagate Backup Plus Ultra Slim