USB 3.1
Seagate has a number of direct-attached storage (DAS) products for content creators under the LaCie brand. The LaCie d2 Professional, introduced last year, is an external hard drive with a USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C interface. It comes in capacities up to 10TB, and caters to the requirements of content creators and multimedia professionals who need to store and process large amounts of data. This capsule review is taking a look at the performance and features of the 10TB version of the LaCie d2 Professional.
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