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Seagate Announces 5-TB Portable Drive
15 November 2016
Seagate has announced the Backup Plus Portable 5-TB Drive, the largest capacity mobile drive available, based on the 2.5-inch 1-TB BarraCuda platter technology it announced last month.
Backup Plus Portable 5-TB Drive. In red, silver, black or blue.
The first BarraCuda-based drive to ship, the Backup Plus Portable 5-TB Drive features:
- Largest capacity at its size
- Customized backup options with Seagate Dashboard software
- PC and Mac compatibility with Mac NTFS driver
- Quick file transfers with USB 3.0 connectivity
- Sleek 20.5mm form factor with aluminum cover
PRICE, AVAILABILITY
The Backup Plus Portable 5-TB Drive will be available later this month for $189.99 in black, silver, red or blue, the company said.
Seagate Introduces World's Largest-capacity Mobile Drive: 5-TB
Consumers are creating more higher-resolution and higher volumes of content than ever before. From action cam enthusiasts to selfie lovers to doting parents who capture every milestone moment on their 4K smartphones, the need for even more space to store photos, movies, music and content -- and take it on the go -- is growing. While data storage demands are ever-increasing, so is the need to organize, centralize and back up that data.
With the launch of the Backup Plus Portable 5-TB drive -- the largest capacity mobile drive on the market -- Seagate is helping its customers better manage their massive deluge of data. This new storage solution is made possible thanks to Seagate's new BarraCuda internal drive, featuring its breakthrough 2.5-inch 1-TB platter technology announced last month. The Backup Plus 5-TB drive will be the first device to ship with the new BarraCuda 5-TB drive and offers:
- Unparalleled capacity for its size
- Customizable backup options with Seagate Dashboard software for easy local, mobile, cloud and social media backup
- Use on both PC and Mac computers by installing the NTFS driver for Mac
- Quick file transfers with USB 3.0 connectivity
- Sleek 20.5mm form factor with aluminum cover making the drive as durable as it is efficient
The newest Backup Plus 5-TB drive joins Seagate's award-winning family of external drives, including Ultra Slim, Slim, Portable 4-TB, Fast, Desktop and Hub. The Seagate Backup Plus Portable 5-TB drive will be available this month for an MSRP of $189.99 in black, silver, red and blue color options at consumer electronics resellers worldwide. You can read more about Seagate's Backup Plus family of drives at http://seagate.com.