For regular time machine backups in the home office, we would always choose a fast and silent SSD. For very large amounts of data - such as many archived video projects and several Macs - there is often no way around a large external desktop hard drive. There are actually only three manufacturers to choose from here: Seagate, WD and Toshiba...

Elements heißen bei WD die günstigen Festplatten – da wird an der Ausstattung gespart. Einzige Besonderheit ist eine Einschalttaste. Das Tempo der Elements ist hoch, erreicht aber nicht das Tempo des Testsiegers. Die WD gibt es in besonders vielen Speichergrößen, bis zu 20 Terabyte sind möglich – die kosten dann allerdings satte 450 Euro.

Large, heavy, but with a whopping 4 terabytes, the test winner among the 3.5-inch models offers a lot of storage: The Memory Center 4TB from Intenso is the only classic hard drive that, thanks to its high speed, just managed to achieve a ?good? rating. final score. Among the small 2.5-inch hard drives, the Transcend StoreJet 25M3 (1 terabyte*) and the Verbatim Store ?n?...