Question 1

can I use it as extra space on a airport

Accepted Answer

Yes, you should be able to connect this to your Apple Airport Base Station to give you extra  network attached storage.

Question 2

Any idea what is the power rating of this external drive? and also the power adaptor?

Accepted Answer

The power rating of the adapter is 12V DC 3A.

The drive can not be powered by USB alone.

It should offer enough power to charge external drives while plugged into a 120v outlet with the included DC adapter.

Question 3

Can i hook up 2 different windows machines and can they both (for back up) accessed? as in running 2 different backups at  different times

Accepted Answer

+derkalakader.   This unit plugs into a USB port on your computer. The two ports on the front of the unit gives you back that port you used, plus one extra. Very handy on a laptop that only has one or two to start with.But to use it on two different computers, you need to do it on the network or just unplug it from one and plug it into the other. Or others. 4TB is a lot of room. I have 4 different laptops backed up on one 500 GIG. drive. But then I have another one that is used for Karaoke, and it uses a 500Gig. drive for back up all by itself. So it depends on what you are backing up.

Question 4

Can this be used for hd or 4k streaming as a nas when connected to a good router like asus 87u or 5300? has anybody tried playing 4k movies off it?

Accepted Answer

The read speeds on this drive are about 170MB/s
The *WRITE* speeds are so painfully slow at 25MB/s

If you were to attempt to fill the 8TiB version of this drive it may take you in excess of 80 hours.

This drive is designed for a "Write one; Read many" workload.

As long as your host device can have good networked speeds of 50Mb/s (50 Mega BITS) per stream you should be more then fine.

The biggest impact on performance is if you need to encode/re-encode the video files. If you're simply streaming the raw video files you'll be fine.

ASIN	B01K4241D0
Additional Features	Data Recovery Service
Best Sellers Rank	#171 in External Hard Drives
Brand	Seagate
Built-In Media	Backup Plus Hub 6TB USB3.0
Cache Memory Installed Size	6
Color	Black
Compatible Devices	Desktop, Laptop
Connectivity Technology	USB 3.0
Customer Reviews	4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (8,768)
Data Transfer Rate	5000 megabits_per_second
Digital Storage Capacity	6 TB
Enclosure Material	Plastic
Form Factor	Laptop
Global Trade Identification Number	00763649093795
Hard Disk Description	Mechanical Hard Disk
Hard Disk Form Factor	3.5 inches
Hard Disk Interface	USB 3.0
Hard-Drive Size	6 TB
Hardware Connectivity	USB 3.0
Hardware Platform	PC;Mac
Installation Type	External Hard Drive
Item Type Name	Seagate Backup Plus Hub 6TB External Desktop Hard Drive Storage STEL6000100
Item Weight	2.3 pounds
Manufacturer	Seagate
Media Speed	100
Mfr Part Number	STEL6000100
Model Name	Segate Backup Plus Hub
Model Number	STEL6000100
Number of Items	1
Read Speed	120 megabytes_per_second
Specific Uses For Product	business, personal
UPC	763649093795
Unit Count	1 Count
Warranty Description	2 years limited

Seagate STEL6000100 Backup Plus Hub 6TB External Hard Drive Desktop HDD – USB 3.0, 2 USB Ports, for Computer Desktop Workstation PC Laptop Mac, 2 Months Adobe CC Photography

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