Seagate Expansion Desktop 16TB, External Hard Drive, USB 3.0, Data Rescue Services (STKP16000400)

Works great and is very easy to set up. Quite noisy and you can feel the ticks within my desk. You have to use the enclosed PSU (not a generic 12v HDD PSU) because it uses a lot more power than other HDD's, but of course, 26TB means you can give away all those old units! The PSU comes with a variety of pin adaptors for every plug on the planet, including EU, UK, Oz and US. I have purchased this purely to backup my main file server and store it off site. To initially copy 21TB took about 30 hours and once initially copied, the weekly update takes about 15 mins, so quite nifty and perfect for my application. I personally, would not use this as a permanently connected drive, its a bit too big, noisy and clunky (and of course 26TB is way beyond a USB connection!), a built in drive is better for speed, power, ventilation, vibration proofing etc. and this drive is probably the ultimate for being able to transport that data in a safe secure manner. You will need something with lots of memory to connect to it because chances are that 26TB of data will probably be over a million files! Make sure windows is set to 'Not indexed' and your anti virus scanner is configured to 'not check' when connected because something this large in capacity takes hours not minutes (and my PC is 5.6 Ghz, 32G RAM so no slouch!)

Firstly, the HDD cleared customs in approx. 8 hours, and arrived a day early, happily. It reads/writes at approx 40MB/s MAX, averaging around 35 to transfer a lengthy media file, in the 8TB Version, which has 7.27 TB of usable file space on it. Its not too big, the plastic case had a film on it, and the wires are adequate to sit at the PC or TV. It was plug and play with no need to format or worry about getting the HDD recognized by the system. It is easy to carry and move and would fit in most carry cases. Its jet black and moderately shiny and has an LED built in above the power port on top to show its active. I'm confident this drive should last me 10 years or more and will be a fantastic addition to my digital library. I played a UHD 4K video and it operated at a peak of 10%, mostly negligible usage. Although its not the fastest HDD you can get, I consider this very good value for money and a high quality product. You can plug this in your TV and play videos or music easily enough since its not USB powered which is a nice bonus.

A solid HDD drive with a massive storage space. I've been buying Seagate HDD's for a long time and they have never failed me. I trust the brand and this purchase was no different. Easy to use, just plug and play and the drive is pre-formatted in NTFS. The write speeds are solid at 100-150 MB / Second and the read speeds are quite good too. Have a number of 4K resolution videos and ton's of photos which I have stored on the drive and experienced no lag in reading them from the drive.

This hard drive bucks the trend of computer memory devices beconing cheaper per MB in recent times. It id an ezpensive option for most, and is not terrifically speedy transferring data to and fro. For those out there with sizeable video libraries, this device is nonetheless the best optoon for your storage needs. Seems to be robust enough to safely keep your data safe, and drlivers data at a decent rate. Knock some cash off and the 4 stara would become 5 easily.

Ordered late in the evening of Tuesday 6th Jan & delivered during the afternoon of Saturday 10th Jan. It seem physically robust as do its PSU, cables & connectors. Its LED read-write indicator works correctly. Nominally 28TB, it formats to 25TB in Windows [diagram enclosed]. It's on my desk and I can hear it ticking as it writes/reads. It took a day to write 12-13TB to it from my older, smaller external HDDs [which are now its backup drives, I use a RoboCopy batch script]. Its average write speed was about 100-150MB/sec. The included PSU output is 12V 1.5A - hence 18W [diagram enclosed]. I opted for the 4 year extended warranty for £10. Its terms include a pre-paid return should that prove necessary [which is better than Samsung-Seagate offer in their warranty]. - I have nine other Samsung-Seagate external HDDs, aged up to twenty years, and none of them have ever malfunctioned. Whilst writing this review, I've dug out & re-checked two twenty year old ones to make sure they still worked. - I started backing up my data as soon as I'd copied my files to it. Data recovery services may not succeed; they are not a substitute for backups.

Achei o produto excelente pois formatou em NTFS (veio formatado como exFAT); como uso para fazer backup de muitos arquivos pesados precisou ser no formato NTFS que é compatível com o PC. Estou fazendo o backup plugando o HD através da USB 2.0, apesar de ter percebido que no USB 3.0 é muito mais rápido, porém para não dar problema de salvar os arquivos, prefiro fazer de forma mais lenta. O produto chegou muito rápido que esperava, adiantando em 5 dias úteis para receber. Até agora não deu nenhum erro das trilhas do HD e a capacidade dele me satisfez. Mais para frente quero comprar outro igual.

Don't be fooled .. saving your info to the 'cloud' .. is just sharing to someone else's computer. Save everything on your own devices and share not with who knows who's out in the aether. Privacy is privacy and this is how you do it.

Toujours au top même si mes hdd ne servent qu'à la sauvegarde de données.

Great service and so far a perfectly extra storage backup hard drive....it is perfect for all my photos. The seller was amazing.......my item arrivede earlier than expected..it I would order again!

o hdd é muito bom, silencioso e rápido