Hey guys -- thanks for the feedback!
I got more than I asked for (to some extend)
Allan's and Mike's post taught me the way I'll approach my future backup
strategy: modular, with separate interfaces and drives. Two each, at
different locations.
As for immediate needs, I had to take care of a PC with a harddrive going
bad, so a quick trip to BestBuy and 500GB/100$ simply eased my mind.
Still, dooger, thanks for the offer of keeping me in the loop re: special deals.
As for the eSATA Mike suggested, (which I am not familiar with, but saw
listed with incredible transfer rate), it sounds like I need extra
hardware to make it work (costs?). And if I understand correctly, if I go
through an enclosure with USB connectivity I'll loose that superior
transfer rate?
That be it.........................Horst
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 12:27:10 -0700
From: Mike Cherba <mche...@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group <euglug@euglug.org>
To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group <euglug@euglug.org>
Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] OT:: shopping for external USB HD
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
(:<)
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