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Seagate 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3 vs Seagate Personal Cloud 2-Bay

14specifications compared
12differ
2identical
24known for one product only

Key differences

Total installed storage capacity
- 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3:32 TB
- Personal Cloud 2-Bay:6 TB
Chassis type
- 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3:Tower
- Personal Cloud 2-Bay:Desktop
Product colour
- 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3:Grey
- Personal Cloud 2-Bay:Black
Width
- 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3:118 mm
- Personal Cloud 2-Bay:235.2 mm
Depth
- 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3:93.3 mm
- Personal Cloud 2-Bay:234 mm
Height
- 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3:217 mm
- Personal Cloud 2-Bay:48 mm
Weight
- 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3:2.9 kg
- Personal Cloud 2-Bay:2.18 kg
Package width
- 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3:302 mm
- Personal Cloud 2-Bay:287 mm

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Comparison of 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3, Personal Cloud 2-Bay
38 specifications	A Seagate 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3 View product	B Seagate Personal Cloud 2-Bay View product
Storage1 differ
Storage drives installed	Yes	Yes
Installed storage drive type	HDD	HDD
Number of storage drives installedKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Total installed storage capacityDiffers	32 TB	6 TB
RAID levelsKnown for one	0, 1, JBOD	Unknown — not stated by the source
Data transfer rateKnown for one	0.49 Gbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
HDD speedKnown for one	7200 RPM	Unknown — not stated by the source
Supported storage drive typesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	HDD
Number of storage drives supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
Ports & interfacesidentical
USB connectivityKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-C ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Thunderbolt technologyKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Thunderbolt ports quantityKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Thunderbolt versionKnown for one	3	Unknown — not stated by the source
DisplayPorts quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
RJ-45 ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Design2 differ
Chassis typeDiffers	Tower	Desktop
Product colourDiffers	Grey	Black
LED indicatorsKnown for one	Status	Unknown — not stated by the source
Cable lock slotKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Cable lock slot typeKnown for one	Kensington	Unknown — not stated by the source
Device classKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Home & Home Office
InternalKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
System requirementsidentical
Mac compatibilityKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mac operating systems supportedKnown for one	Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite, Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, Mac OS X 10.12 Sierra, Mac OS X 10.13 High Sierra, Mac OS X 10.14 Mojave, Mac OS X 10.15 Catalina, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks	Unknown — not stated by the source
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for one	Windows 7, Windows 8	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	118 mm	235.2 mm
DepthDiffers	93.3 mm	234 mm
HeightDiffers	217 mm	48 mm
WeightDiffers	2.9 kg	2.18 kg
Packaging data4 differ
Package widthDiffers	302 mm	287 mm
Package depthDiffers	239 mm	107 mm
Package heightDiffers	180 mm	338 mm
Package weightDiffers	4.6 kg	2.61 kg
Packaging content1 differ
Cables includedDiffers	Thunderbolt	LAN (RJ-45)
Bundled softwareKnown for one	LaCie Toolkit Software Suite, LaCie RAID Manager	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
Minimum storage drive spaceKnown for one	600 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source

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