For my $.02 I'd generally recommend going the route of separate drive
and enclosure. Computerbase sells some very nice enclosures that
support USB 2.0 and eSATA. Mr. O can tell you what the price vs size
sweet spot is right now to drop in it. I picked up a pair of them for
some SATA RAID testing I was doing and am now using them for backups via
USB. They work like a charm. Hopefully sometime in the next few months
I'll set up the eSATA connector on my desktop too so I can do backups
that way. The speed differences are like night and day.
-Mike
Programmer - an organism that turns coffee into software. --- Unknown
On Sun, 2009-03-22 at 06:36 -0700, Ben Barrett wrote:
> I would suggest getting an all-in-one unit with a hefty warranty that
> covers both the interface and the drive.
> If data loss would be a problem, buy 2 or more. My priority questions
> for you would be:
> What problems regarding this unit would be unbearable, and how are they
> solved.
>
> Looks like you don't need speed, but you want reliability. Unless
> you're an experienced hardware hacker, or at least system builder.
> I would guess that almost anything you do inside the box will reduce
> reliability... but hey some people work on their own car, and some
> people do not -- and this is a software-environment-oriented audience,
> last time I checked :)
>
> Ben
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 6:42 PM, dooger watts <mikem...@efn.org> wrote:
> > You did mention that price wasn't that critical, but I subscribe to a
> > service that posts me when phenomenal deals come along and last week there
> > was a 1Tb external usb HD in a fan-cooled enclosure for 69 bux. Didn't
> > keep it--but if something like that drifts in soon you want me to flag it
> > and send it to you?
> >
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