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expired Posted by pcstuff • Nov 25, 2021
Nov 25, 2021 4:20 PM
Costco Members: 5TB Seagate One Touch Portable Hard Drive
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One should have a backup to their backup if they plan on using a portable/external USB drive like these as their single backup medium.
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Apparently they can deliver it to me via Instacart in 2 hours, so Im thinking yes?
Edit to add: A pic of the sales placard from a Costco in AZ about a week ago.
Write speed: ~20 Mb/s
The CMR version available earlier this year had write speed of ~60-100 Mb/s.
Are the CMR versions still available anywhere?
Write speed: ~20 Mb/s
The CMR version available earlier this year had write speed of ~60-100 Mb/s.
Are the CMR versions still available anywhere?
I get about 110-120 mb/s on them, same as the WD portables. You are using a usb 3.0 port, right?
I have CMR 3.5 inch WD 8TB REDS in my NAS. These 5 TB portables are useful for filling it up, and put in closet, to transfer files you need onto PC SSD, or on microSD card to put in phone/tablet for watching media on the go.
Of course one may also want to factor in other issues like; warranty, Costco return policy, WD drive being "refurbed", eBay seller if WD drive isn't being sold by WD, any "bundled" extras that come with the drive(s).
Write speed: ~20 Mb/s
The CMR version available earlier this year had write speed of ~60-100 Mb/s.
Are the CMR versions still available anywhere?
On several PC's, using USB 3.0, the Seagate One Touch 5TB is showing approx (from Crystal DiskMark 1GB test): https://i.imgur.com/0lGhDUA.jpg
Read: 124.24 MB/s
Write 57.96 MB/s
For comparisons sake a 5TB Seagate Backup Plus Hub (3.5 inch) desktop external HDD purchased years ago from Costco gets; Read 130 - Write 76.6. A several year old 2.5 inch WD Blue HDD gets; Read 97.58 - Write 69.71 in an external USB 3.0 Ineteck enclosure. An older 1TB Seagate Backup Plus USB 3.0 drive gets; Read: 89.13 - Write 90.44. So, the read values from this 5TB Seagate One Touch are good, it's the write speed that is less than stellar when compared to other drives on my PC's. Likely due to this drive being SMR. That WD Blue drive was marginally better in the write department but worse in the read department than this Seagate drive. Go figure.
Seems the general consensus seems to be many if most of the larger 2.5 inch HDD external drives are SMR these days.
Some general comments about this drive:
Crystal DiskInfo results of the 5TB Seagate One Touch: https://i.imgur.com/7MYj85s.jpg
The 5TB Seagate One Touch comes out of the box formatted for exFAT. The drive out of the box has two partitions on it. a 200MB EFI(FAT32) partition and the main exFAT partition with a total capacity of 4657.3GB. MiniTool Partition Wizard image showing this information: https://i.imgur.com/Yik4ukS.jpg
The product insert / user manual does state: "Mac: For Time Machine, the hard drive must be formatted for HFS+ for Mac." Something to be aware of if you are a Mac Time Machine user.
This drive was purchased from a local Costco warehouse for $89.99 + local state sales tax.
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