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Name: Seagate - Personal Cloud 5TB External Hard Drive (NAS) - Black
Brand: Seagate
SKU: 2240109
Price: 199.99 USD
Rating: 4.2 (66 reviews)

Seagate - Personal Cloud 5TB External Hard Drive (NAS) - Black

Model:: STCR5000101; |
SKU:: 2240109

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Questionwhat is the transfer speed?
Asked 8 years ago by JesseJones.
- Answer I got it around 110 Mbps its peak. Though its not consistent but on Average you may get 60-80 Mbps depending on USB (3.0 or 2.0) and your hard disk (source).
  Answered 8 years ago by Shivendra
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Questioncan data be placed on the harddrive prior to connecting it to the home network either directly from an external hdd or a laptop/desktopcan data be placed on the harddrive prior to connecting it to the home network either directly from an external hdd or a laptop/desktop. It takes to long to do it via a network/wifi connection if it isn't any faster than its previous incarnation
Asked 9 years ago by c3.
- Answer Yes. I transfered data from both another external drive and direct from my PC.
  Answered 9 years ago by Andy
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QuestionAre the hard drives included when you purchase this item or do you have to buy them separately?
Asked 7 years ago by Harddrivin.
- Answer included
  Answered 7 years ago by PoweMan
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QuestionDoes Seagate provide the cloud storage free for the life of the device or do you have to buy it every year from Seagate or another cloud storage provider?
Asked 7 years ago by LBS10.
- Answer This isn't a cloud subscription service, this device is the cloud storage. Seagate provides software/a means for you to access the device remotely but there isn't any cost to that. If Seagate cease that service in the future the device will become somewhat more limited but would still function for a home network based cloud storage system. There's only the upfront cost nothing more.
  Answered 7 years ago by Steve
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QuestionDoes it have to be connected directly to the modem
Asked 8 years ago by JM.
- Answer NO! It works as wireless or you can use a hotspot, which ever you choose!
  Answered 7 years ago by 011604
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Questionis the Seagate cloud my personal cloud connected to my server only, And 2. How much of the 5tb is in the cloud vs the physical hard drive . OR are both my cloud and the physical drive both storing the same pics and info?
Asked 8 years ago by DEN.
- Answer The Seagate drive is a standalone device, and doesn't need to be connected to a server at all. The 5TB is all on the machine. "Cloud" in this case just means that you can access the device from anywhere through the internet, but only if your device is connected and powered on. In essence, it's a mini-server. If you were to disconnect your seagate drive you would lose your "cloud" access.
  Answered 7 years ago by gspike15
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QuestionDoes this drive have an RJ-45 Ethernet connectivity port? Or do you need a USB to RJ-45 adapter to use this as a NAS?
Asked 8 years ago by Dexx.
- Answer It has both Ethernet and USB ports
  Answered 8 years ago by dptydawg
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QuestionRaw photos in my new workhorse Mac Eating memory. use external drives they are ok.transferred raw files to Dropbox hoping cloud would free up memory. now computer warns most memory isDropbox confused.Thought cloud is ok? Will this product be better
Asked 8 years ago by Momster4.
- Answer How much memory are you using? The 1TB External Hard drive will help but you might want to consider splitting up you Data/memory to more than one place. Like using Dropbox, Cloud and this device if you need to transfer files not on the internet.
  Answered 8 years ago by Supercool
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QuestionIs this compatible with Surface Pro 4?
Asked 9 years ago by Anonymous.
- Answer I would assume the best way to answer this is as follows: If the device is hooked up to a wireless router, the Surface should be able to access this via that wireless connection.
  Answered 8 years ago by Dave
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Question3.0?does it have USB 3.0 intefrace?
Asked 9 years ago by JesseJones1031.
- Answer yes it does, on the right side , just under the LED indicator
  Answered 9 years ago by Solidman
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QuestionCan this be used as a Plea server?
Asked 8 years ago by TheRain.
- Answer You can, but once you start streaming movies then the performance is simply not there for the Seagate to deliver since it has to encode/decode the movie all while streaming. TV shows? Oh yeah, easily. But let's say you have a Blu-Ray rip of let's say a 2-3 hour movie? Forget it. Not happening. Too much processing power for the drive to handle.
  Answered 8 years ago by xSgtFuzzyBootsx
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Questioncan multiple devices stream at the same time?
Asked 9 years ago by mariposa.
- Answer Yes
  Answered 8 years ago by Valsar
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QuestionDoes the My Cloud on this Seagate HD work like Dropbox?Was just wondering if it works like Dropbox? and if not if you can explain to me how it differs?
Asked 9 years ago by RockinRob19.
- Answer There may be an app to use that will make it work similarly but this is basically an external hard drive that can be hooked up to your network as a standalone device. You can map it as another hard drive on your computer and drop files there.
  Answered 8 years ago by Dave
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Seagate - Personal Cloud 5TB External Hard Drive (NAS) - Black

Q: Questionwhat is the transfer speed?

Q: QuestionAre the hard drives included when you purchase this item or do you have to buy them separately?

Q: QuestionDoes Seagate provide the cloud storage free for the life of the device or do you have to buy it every year from Seagate or another cloud storage provider?

Q: QuestionDoes it have to be connected directly to the modem

Q: Questionis the Seagate cloud my personal cloud connected to my server only, And 2. How much of the 5tb is in the cloud vs the physical hard drive . OR are both my cloud and the physical drive both storing the same pics and info?

Q: QuestionDoes this drive have an RJ-45 Ethernet connectivity port? Or do you need a USB to RJ-45 adapter to use this as a NAS?

Q: QuestionRaw photos in my new workhorse Mac Eating memory. use external drives they are ok.transferred raw files to Dropbox hoping cloud would free up memory. now computer warns most memory isDropbox confused.Thought cloud is ok? Will this product be better

Q: QuestionIs this compatible with Surface Pro 4?

Q: Question3.0?does it have USB 3.0 intefrace?

Q: QuestionCan this be used as a Plea server?

Q: Questioncan multiple devices stream at the same time?

Q: QuestionDoes the My Cloud on this Seagate HD work like Dropbox?Was just wondering if it works like Dropbox? and if not if you can explain to me how it differs?

Questionwhat is the transfer speed?

QuestionAre the hard drives included when you purchase this item or do you have to buy them separately?

QuestionDoes Seagate provide the cloud storage free for the life of the device or do you have to buy it every year from Seagate or another cloud storage provider?

QuestionDoes it have to be connected directly to the modem

Questionis the Seagate cloud my personal cloud connected to my server only, And 2. How much of the 5tb is in the cloud vs the physical hard drive . OR are both my cloud and the physical drive both storing the same pics and info?

QuestionDoes this drive have an RJ-45 Ethernet connectivity port? Or do you need a USB to RJ-45 adapter to use this as a NAS?

QuestionRaw photos in my new workhorse Mac Eating memory. use external drives they are ok.transferred raw files to Dropbox hoping cloud would free up memory. now computer warns most memory isDropbox confused.Thought cloud is ok? Will this product be better

QuestionIs this compatible with Surface Pro 4?

Question3.0?does it have USB 3.0 intefrace?

QuestionCan this be used as a Plea server?

Questioncan multiple devices stream at the same time?

QuestionDoes the My Cloud on this Seagate HD work like Dropbox?Was just wondering if it works like Dropbox? and if not if you can explain to me how it differs?