Seagate FireCuda Forge external HDD review: Is this the best portable hard drive ever?
It took me a while to get my head around how tiered storage worked, with initial benchmarks showing the speed of the SSD, which acts as an access point to the internal HDD's vast storage. Pushing the system by switching between large projects showed those limits. However, overall performance for quickly offloading files and editing small to medium-sized video projects is impressive.
Reasons to buy
- +Fast transfers
- +Large-capacity drive
- +Easy to use
Reasons to avoid
- -Self-installation of the SSD
- -Not bus-powered
- -Relatively large physical size
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Storage Capacity: 8TB / 20TB HDD
Storage Technology: Seagate Alkemi dynamic tiered storage
HDD Form Factor: 3.5-inch
SSD Type: M.2 2280 NVMe (user-installed, not included)
SSD Interface: PCIe Gen...
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