Load image into Gallery viewer, Pogoplug Series 4 Backup Device

Pogoplug

Pogoplug Series 4 Backup Device

Regular price: €82,00
Sale price: €82,00
Regular price: ~~€134,00~~
Unit price: per

Save 39% (€52,00)

Tracked Shipping on All Orders
14 Days Returns

Description

Continuous, centralized backup of all of your computers (Windows or Mac) and iPhone, iPad or Android devices
Backup continues even when you take your computers or devices away from your home or office
Keep your files safely at home but access them from anywhere
60-second setup never worry about backing up again
No storage limits and no additional fees when using your own external hard drive
No PC required
Includes 2 USB 3.0, 1 USB, 1 SD Card Slot, and 1 USM/SATA Slot

Shipping and Returns

We offer tracked shipping on all orders. Tracking information will be shared as soon as the order is dispatched.
Please check the delivery estimate before adding a product to the cart. This is displayed for every product on the website.
Available shipping methods and charges will be displayed at the time of checkout, depending on your exact location.
All customers are entitled to a return window of 14 days, starting from the date of delivery of the product(s).
Customers are advised to read our return policy for details of the return process, eligibility, refunds as well as cancellations or exchanges.
In case of any issues or concerns about Shipping or Returns, please contact us and we will be happy to help.

Customer Reviews

Installed Arch Linux, used as a NAS+Video Streamer (see note) - Not perfect, but cheap enough that I can't complain Note to the reader: I did not use the device as intended. I immediately installed Arch Linux onto the unit, which removes the PogoPlug functionality and makes it into a general-purpose computing device. This review makes no statement as the device's quality when using it as intended, and describes uses that may not be available in the product out-of-the-box, however it might be useful to someone knowledgeable enough to make the modification.I keep all my "media" (videos, DVD copies, etc.) on a USB hard disk, and used to serve them to my network devices (smart TV, Roku, tablet) via a consumer-grade router with a USB port. Frustration after frustration with numerous routers (seriously, the "USB file sharing" in most routers is worthless) made me desperate to find something else, though.Someone in a Web-forum recommended a PogoPlug with Linux installed on it as a cheap option to get my drives onto the network. Given that it was less than a $20 bill ($17 for me), it was the cheapest reasonable option. With a spare flash drive (for the OS) and a reasonably simple process (you'll need to know a bit of command-line-- how to Telnet, SSH, and have enough Linux knowledge to know what to Google), I'd managed to replace the stock firmware with Arch Linux, and had a general-purpose, if 1990s-cutting-edge, low-power computer at the ready.I put NTFS-3G and Samba on to the system, so I could access my NTFS USB disks and serve them on a Windows share. It does have the problem that NTFS drives are horribly slow, as the driver is processor-intensive, and there's not much processor to go around. If you can get away with it, use something other than NTFS. That said, I mounted the disk with "big_writes" and was able to at least squeeze about 12-15MB/s out of it. Plenty enough to stream, and bearable for occasionally moving files onto my media drives.I installed MiniDLNA to serve video to my Roku devices. The PogoPlug doesn't have near enough power to transcode, but if all your videos are in a format your players can handle, it can serve them up just fine. So far, so good on that account. I haven't been able to kill it yet. I did have the problem that the "scan" phase took forever on my huge pile of MP3s, but that was owing to the abysmal speed of the NTFS drive, I suspect.Pros: Compared to other options, this has the advantage in that what you get is simple, standard and transparent (it's a bog-standard install of Linux on there), versatile (comes with a host of Linux packages available) but comes in a complete-enough state to get you running quickly and with few necessary peripherals, and cheap, cheap, cheap. Something like the Raspberry Pi is cheaper, yes, but this has a bit more pleasing form-factor and more integrated peripherals, for a more "just works" experience.Cons: Processing-power-wise, this does come up short, even compared to many NAS devices, but it's been adequate to my humble needs so far. The most annoying gripe I'd have with it is that the boot process gets confused when there are multiple drives hooked up, and it will usually fail to boot unless you pull everything except the boot drive. This, in turn, means that you have to hand-hold it a bit if you need to reboot it. Apparently, there's a fix to this that I haven't tried as of this writing, where you can tell the bootloader to look for a partition name rather than always going to the randomly-decided /dev/sda1, but I haven't tried that. In my case, I've just got a shell script that mounts my disks and starts all the services (Samba, MiniDLNA) up, which I run via SSH session, after it's up and I plug the drives in. Someone smarter than me could do it a lot better, I'm sure, but I'm fine with that.So, in conclusion, if you're looking for a cheap weekend hack-up or a teeny little Linux box to sit in the corner on for all the things such a box can do, this is definitely one to look at. 4Works okay, performance is erratic So PogoPlug is a simple device with a simple idea: you plug a hard drive or Flash drive in to this box, and your data is available everywhere. It is also a NAS box, so you can quickly access your data on your local network. You can back your PC to this box, and if you have Pogo's cloud storage, you can back up your PC and this box to the cloud.Note that this box does not include a hard drive. You must plug in a USB hard drive or a laprtop sized SATA hard drive.So this works great in theory, but in practice it's not so hot.Yes, I can access my data remotely with the PogoPlug apps and the web site.The down side is the erratic performance and no direct LAN option. If I want to access files on this box, I'm always using the backup software or the web site; there's no way to just map a drive, like you can to most NAS boxes and to computers with shared hard drives; this also means no media sharing for your PS3 or XBox.While this works fairly well as a backup device, I ended up going back to my old solution, which was a small form factor PC with a couple of big hard drives inside it.If you have the PogoPlug service, and you just want to add a local drive for storage and data transfer, this is a great solution. If you're looking for a full-blown NAS with media sharing and local SMB or FTP support, go get a real NAS box. 3Buyer Beware NO support I have 2 Pogoplug devices (series 4 and mobile), both on paid subscription. For the past month, both devices have shown offline. Can t get these up and running no matter what. Support is nonexistent. Absolutely no phone number to call. You can only submit tickets online. And the tickets I m submitting online are automatically being closed. You get an email with a link to their QA section which is absolutely worthless.Now out 2 paid subscriptions for the year and cannot get these devices to work anymore. They have completely abandoned their products, service and customers. 1Useful as a Google Cloud Print server I replaced the Pogoplug software with Debian Linux to transform it into a Google Cloud Print server, because our HP inkjet printer wasn't Cloud Print ready. A couple of things to note about this device:* The SATA hard disk drive slot on top (once you manage to pry off the cover) is pretty much useless. It uses a connector called USM (Universal Storage Module), which Seagate briefly supported. USM drives are rare and overpriced. Figure on using a USB drive, if you want to use this as a NAS server. It'll be cheaper and you're not locked in. I'm not using it as NAS, so I plugged a thumb drive into it and run Linux from there.* The USB3 ports don't provide much advantage, because this is not a very powerful device to begin with. You run out of CPU first.* Don't expect to use this as a Google Cloud Print server and a file server at the same time, without some side effects. As a print server you're generating PostScript, and that pretty much eats the little thing's brain for several minutes.* Not much RAM. Only 128MB, so lots of processes are going to put you into heavy swap.Upsides: It's very cheap, quiet, draws little power, boots from any USB device including a thumb drive, has multiple ports, and is easy to hack into and replace the existing Linux with a well-supported Debian ARM distribution.Google "qui technology blog pogoplug debian" and "cloud print python" for the necessary bits. 4DO NOT BUY THIS DEVICE !!! DO NOT BUY THIS DEVICE !!!There is NO tech support other than web-based email. I outlined my problems in a tech support email, and all I got back was a form email pointing me to the FAQs and the KBs. I tried this THREE times. Same result. There is NO LONGER any SSH access. There is NO LONGER a checkbox for SSH (I tried several browsers). I tried the "curl" command that you can find on Pogoplug forums (to allow you SSH access). That no longer works on the newer firmware. I was able to connect a test USB drive. I was able to see my test files in the pogoplug.com web site (but only locally). There is no longer a free cloud service. You must buy one of their monthly packages.After 3 days I could no longer see my test drive. I tried other test drives. NADA. Unable to SSH, I was able to RS232 my way in. During reboots there were lots of errors whizzing by. I gave up on pogoplug.com and tried to setup my test drive as a "LAN shared" drive. I used the ".cedata" file on my USB drive. This technique is available on the pogoplug forums. Even using this technique, nothing was visible from Windows Explorer. I know this method still works, as I have a Seagate Pogoplug that is 7 years old. It still works great and you can SSH into it. Finally after 5 days the RED light came on and STAYED ON.As a Cisco and Microsoft engineer (for 22 years), I can chalk up my frustrations to "on-going learning." That is NOT true for most people. Save yourself some suffering. Get a NAS for a little extra money. Use Google Drive, Dropbox, O Drive, One Drive, etc. for your "local LAN <> Cloud" file share/access.In the end I was happy. Amazon refunded my purchase price. The process was SO SMOOTH and easy. I love shopping at Amazon, and I have been a PRIME member from the beginning.P.S. Just a tip...When you write a review for Amazon, type it into Notepad first. Then copy/paste. A web page can sometimes burp, and you will lose your typing work. 11TB cloud of private files with an internet connection is nice to have. A little frustrating setting up... tried with various hard drives and they worked in the beginning, then would stop... Even though initially this was faster (downloading files) than hooking up directly to my iMac via USB3.0, but then as it start to fill up, it slowed down. I found the best way is to hook up to the iMac, do all the downloading of files you need on it initially, then make sure you eject correctly (or it won't show up in Pogo cloud service or application). Once you do all that, it shows up and starts to sync with your iphone and ipad. It's a little sensitive though (constant messages about jpegs not being able to sync). But outside of that, it's so much faster than other NAS devices I've tried. This is now a keeper. They have a SATA connection up top, but it's only good for 2.5 inch (laptop) drives, not usual 3.5 inch drives. It's great to know I have 1TB of storage and files of private files at my disposal with an internet connection. I would recommend to anyone who would want the same, but beware, there may be some trial and error to get it up and running the way it should, but it is fast.(Update: 10/29/2015) After one day of writing this review, I had to return it. While I'm watching TV (not doing anything remotely involved with my Pogoplog) the device lights go from green to blinking yellow. Right there I knew it wasn't anything that I had did, and this device wasn't reliable enough to use for future use. YMMV. 2A so-so backup device but you can fix it This device by itself, with PogoPlug's proprietary software, is definitely not worth anything above $20 (especially if pogoplug pulls the plug on the free accounts). But, if you are willing to get your hands dirty, this device by itself can be one of your best investments. For $20 you can get your cheapest own private Linux box. If you are willing to void your warranty you can definitely change PogoPlug' system and replace it with Linux (ArchLinux or Debian). Once on Linux, you can install FTP/SFTP/FTPS, SAMBA, APACHE/NGINX, OWNCLOUD/SEAFILE/OTHERS, etc., and use this device as your now truly private own server.If this device was sold with Linux I would rate it 5 out of 5.If this device was locked to PogoPlug's system with no means to change the system I would rate it 2 out of 5.My actual rating is based only on the hardware without the system. 4Know this device's limitations up front, and you'll be satisfied. If you could easily map this to network location on another computer with little to no effort, this device would be 5 stars. But you can't (at least not that I've found), so it is a solid 4.I had originally purchased this as a way to put a big external drive out on my network, figuring I could find a way to map it (and save myself a pretty penny avoiding a Network-Attached Storage (NAS) solution), but alas, no luck there. It performed well at using the web interface to perform menial tasks, like being able to access a document while away from home or move a few pictures around. If you get it for that, especially when you never want to forget another spreadsheet or document at home when you need it elsewhere -- you won't be disappointed in this device. The performance at this price is good to great. You only need to remember your login info and you're set.It's a good little solution for having large storage while primarily using a laptop. You can't really plug in a 2TB desktop external drive to your laptop and keep the freedom that your laptop offers. This fills that need without emptying your wallet.This was about to become another $25 paperweight on my desk when another use dawned on me, and I am now very happy with this purchase. I dabble in computer repair, mostly for friends and acquaintances. This device is perfect for pulling out a drive, connecting it up and pulling info. The best part for me is that I no longer have to give out SD cards or rummage through file systems looking for others' important stuff. I give out the web URL, the login info and a quick crash course on navigating the site...and let them pull their data when they have the time for it. I'm on my 5th computer doing this and it has yet to disappoint me in this respect and I've earned the respect and gratitude of those who come to me for help.The web interface is a little clunky, but chances are that if you're tech-inclined enough to be considering buying this, you'll probably be able to handle it. (And probably find yourself, as I am, modestly annoyed with it -- the "Back" button on the browser is your enemy!)In short, steer clear if you think this is going to be a NAS (unless you like messing around with firmware and voiding warranties). Buy it if you want to be able to get to things while you're away from home or you dabble in computer repairs and don't always have the time (or frankly the inclination) to sit and copy GBs of data for someone else. 4I love it After being a satisfied user of Pogoplug Pink E02, I decided to buy this Series 4 to add to my toy collection. This series 4 is also very well supported by Arch Arm Linux community. It can be setup to do much more stuffs than what it is originally intended to do. With Arch Linux, this Pogoplug can be made to run Transmission P2P, Samba file server, DLNA server, Nginx Web server, PHP, MySQL, etc, etc. I love it!Update Mar 28, 2013:My Seagate Backup Plus 1 TB USB 3.0 Portable External Hard Drive STBU1000103 fits perfectly well on the top SATA port of this Pogoplug series 4. For those who are not familiar with Seagate Backup Plus STBU1000103, be advised that you can take the USB 3 connector part off and it will reveal its SATA connector. Connecting through SATA port seems to be much faster than through the USB 3 port. (By the way, I am no longer using the Samsung SSD as the disk died on me)Like what I did with my Pogoplug Pink E02, I have also replaced the Series 4 with Arm Arch Linux operating system. I am not sure if this can be categorized as "jail-break". Anyway, both my Pogoplug are running 365x7x24 non-stop. Don't worry, they draw very little power (less 10W each). The Arm Arch Linux community is doing a good job providing a free very stable and powerful alternative software to run on many NAS devices including Pogoplug. They also provides adequate step-by-step instructions on their websites. If you are technically inclined and don't mind foregoing your Pogoplug warranty, I would personally recommend Arch Arm Linux. The Pogoplug software which allows you to access files remotely on your harddisk runs as well under Arm Arch Linux. If you need your files to be backed up to the Pogoplug unlimited storage storage, you can certainly use the optional Pogoplug paid subscription service.Update: March 31, 2013Pros:1. SATA port in addition to USB 3 and 2 ports2. Great value for money/ very affordable3. Low power consumption4. Fanless and noiseless5. Very compact size. Can be hidden inside a book case.6. Gigabit ethernet port7. Easily "rootable" which enable users to turn it into a Linux headless server.8. Availability of the free Pogoplug app for iPad.9. Free (as well as optional paid) cloud service.Cons:1. Slower processor. From the Arch Linux Arm website I learned that Pogoplug series 4 actually uses a 800Mhz procesor which is slower than the older Pogoplug V2 which use 1.2Ghz processor. Same also in the size of RAM (memory), i.e 128MB only vs 256MB of Pogoplug V2. I really wonder what the folks at Pogoplug were thinking when they decided to put slower processor and lesser amount of RAM on Series 4.2. No on/off button. Not a big deal but an on/off like what Seagate Goflex Home has would be nice. 5Not just a backup device, but a true replacement for online sharing sites, if you like. This is a great device, and does all it is advertised to do. There are a couple of minor "gotchas", however....it is a little slow in coming fully online when you put on a new disk - I have a 16Gb memory computer with Intel I-7 chipset, running Windows 10 (now) and it still takes a few minutes to recognize and display the disks...this is of course because it has to catalog the disks before it can display them, and this is done by the internal Linux computer and (Atom?) chipset in the Pogoplug, not my server, which only displays what is passed on through the network. Fair enough. If the chipset in the Pogoplug was more powerful, it would not be a plug computer! All in all, it is a fantastic little device, and performs as advertised, and I have recommended it to several of my colleagues and friends as a good replacement for on-line services which lure you in with "free" storage, and then suddenly tell you that you need to pay them large sums of money to continue using their services and accessing your photos and files (yes, you know who you are, and so do most of my readers!). For a VERY tiny cost, this device gives you back control of your photos, and allows you to share them with anyone you wish across the network, using your own disk drives on your own network. Of course, it helps if you have unlimited downloads, or cable speeds, but many ISPs now offer this service.I have no hesitation in recommending this device to anyone who needs to take back control of their files while still needing to allow selected people to see them, either permanently or for a limited time. 5

Categories

Headsets

Computers

Laptops

Mobile menu

Pogoplug Series 4 Backup Device

Description

Shipping and Returns

Customer Reviews

Pogoplug Series 4 Backup Device

Categories

Headsets

Computers

Laptops

Mobile menu

Pogoplug Series 4 Backup Device

Description

Shipping and Returns

Customer Reviews

Pogoplug Series 4 Backup Device

Send a Message

Please adjust the following:

Request a Call back

Please adjust the following: