Review on Seagate Barracuda Fast SSD 500GB Portable External Solid State Drive – USB-C USB 3.0 for PC, Mac, Xbox & PS4 - Includes 3-Year Data Rescue Service (STJM500400) by Mario Hernandez

My 2TB Apple Time Machine drive is full, and instead of having to worry about cleaning up old backups, I have this. It's AWESOME for that purpose. Super fast and hardly noticeable. The green light is cool and I love it, but to be honest it does its job "in the background" so I don't even notice it. I didn't notice any heating issues until a review suggested it for the speed functions. I really don't notice the heat. I turn my Mac off completely every night so it doesn't run 24/7. I was so happy with it that I decided to use it for my SQL Server machine. I have about 8 instances of SQL data servers on the same machine, each with numerous databases, and I do daily (7 day rotation) and weekly (up to 1 year) backups. It was filling up too much on one disc. So I got this as a second external SSD and it's now a weekly backup for all instances and databases. Works perfectly! Barely noticeable. And I backed up the client 2 weeks ago and it recovered very quickly. Like my Mac, this Windows 2019 server shuts down completely every night (after a backup), so it doesn't run 24/7. There were no problems, for the price the disc is excellent. If technology wasn't improving so quickly I would probably buy a few more and stick them in a closet until needed. Great storage solution!