Re: [OT] Reliable external storage drive

2021-06-29 Thread Greg Keogh
>
> I'm curious, what are they dying of?  Wearing out, or something else?
>

I'm surprised too. I've *never* had an SSD drive fail, of mixed brands -- *Greg
K*

>


Re: [OT] Reliable external storage drive

2021-06-29 Thread mike smith
I'm curious, what are they dying of?  Wearing out, or something else?

On Wed, Jun 30, 2021, 10:11 Tom Rutter  wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> Another of my recently purchased external SSD drives has just died on me.
> Can anyone here recommend one they have and are happy with? Ideally I would
> like it to last a few years at the very least. The last few I have bought
> haven't gone longer than 6 months. I don't write to it much, mainly for
> backups of photos and videos every few months.
>
> --Tom
>


Re: [OT] Reliable external storage drive

2021-06-29 Thread Tony Wright
I use memory sticks, specifically

SanDisk extreme Pro usb stick 128GB $61
SanDisk extreme Pro usb stick 256GB $89
SanDisk extreme Pro usb stick 512GB $204
SanDisk extreme Pro usb 1TB $480

Very very fast USB sticks!
(Read 420MB/s, write 380MB/s)

You didn't say how much content you needed to store - you could potentially
use multiple sticks for redundancy.

On Wed, 30 Jun 2021, 10:41 am Tom Rutter,  wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> Another of my recently purchased external SSD drives has just died on me.
> Can anyone here recommend one they have and are happy with? Ideally I would
> like it to last a few years at the very least. The last few I have bought
> haven't gone longer than 6 months. I don't write to it much, mainly for
> backups of photos and videos every few months.
>
> --Tom
>


Re: [OT] Reliable external storage drive

2021-06-29 Thread David Connors
Get an enclosure and put something from Sandisk in it.

On Wed, 30 Jun 2021 at 10:41 am, Tom Rutter  wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> Another of my recently purchased external SSD drives has just died on me.
> Can anyone here recommend one they have and are happy with? Ideally I would
> like it to last a few years at the very least. The last few I have bought
> haven't gone longer than 6 months. I don't write to it much, mainly for
> backups of photos and videos every few months.
>
> --Tom
>
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[OT] Reliable external storage drive

2021-06-29 Thread Tom Rutter
Hi folks,

Another of my recently purchased external SSD drives has just died on me.
Can anyone here recommend one they have and are happy with? Ideally I would
like it to last a few years at the very least. The last few I have bought
haven't gone longer than 6 months. I don't write to it much, mainly for
backups of photos and videos every few months.

--Tom