Seagate's new Backup Plus offers the same 4TB of storage that the Backup
Plus Fast offers, it is a single 4TB hard
drive instead of two external drives in a RAID 0 configuration. It's
also got more storage than the Backup Plus Slim,
allowing Seagate's newest offering to fill a void between the two
existing products (Fast and Slim) in the Backup Plus family.
Design wise, the 4TB Backup Plus looks like any standard 2.5-inch
portable hard drive. It measures in at 4.5 inches in length, 3.1 inches
in width, it's .807 inches thick (20.5mm), and it weighs 0.54 pounds. In
terms of usability, those dimensions mean it's slim and easy to slip
into a bag or a backpack.The Backup Plus has a traditional black casing that's half metal and
half plastic, with the metal plate located on the front of the drive. An
LED on the front lights up when the hard drive is plugged in, and
there's a single USB port on one side.There's a large but subtle Seagate logo on the back and another small
logo in silver on the front.The Backup Plus is USB 2.0/3.0 only and
ships with an 18-inch USB 3.0 cable, which is an adequate length for use
on a desktop or while on the go.