Hi All,
I just woke up and wanted to add a little. These cheaper drives sound like what
Linda needs for her client but cheap single ones are not the best for archival
storage.
For one they will not be server-grade
quality and for another they are not Raid protected.
It’s taken me a while to understand
how Raid works and I don’t fully understand it. The simplest is Raid Zero
where two hard drives work in sync. That way if one fails you pull it out and
replace it and away you go. The trouble is if it starts to corrupt data before
it fully fails the corruption will be copied onto the good drive.
Raid 1 apparently is safer with two discs
but slower. As the numbers go up to Raid 10 the safer the system gets. So
the 4-bay or 5-bay Raid set ups are much safer but of course more expensive.
However when you get 16 TB of server grade
storage for $1,550 RRP with 4 disc Raid, USB 3 & Firewire, it suddenly
looks like a better deal for long-term storage.
http://www.lacie.com/products/
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=210
The LaCie seem to be better value for the
price when you get into Raid protection options.
Hope that helps,
Geoff
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Sent: Thursday, 20 June 2013 2:08
AM
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Subject: Re: [SCIART] external
hard drives
Hi Linda,
Ironically, I had just
ordered a new 2TB hard drive on the day you sent your message. I got a Western
Digital My Passport Studio portable drive with USB and two Firewire 800 ports.
I like the fact that it has two Firewire ports so I can put it in a daisy chain
with my existing LaCie Firewire drive. My computer does have Thunderbolt, but
Thunderbolt drives are a good bit more expensive. I also need the ability to
move this drive between home and school. Not all of the school computers have
Thunderbolt but they all have either USB or Firewire.
This particular drive
comes formatted for Mac (HFS+). You can use any drive with your Mac, but you
may have to reformat it if it's set up for Windows.
The drive was $199 at
NewEgg and includes both the USB and Firewire cables, which saves you a few
bucks. Many drives don't include the cable(s). I noticed in my shopping that
you can easily find a 2TB drive for under $100 if you get one with just a USB
2.0 connection.
As for backups, I have
the external LaCie drive plus a subscription to Carbonite for an offsite/cloud
backup. I also burn DVD's periodically, although I'm long overdue. Can never
have too many backups. This new drive is specifically for a bunch of videos I'm
recording for school.
Jim
On Tue, Jun 18, 2013
at 1:46 PM, Linda Feltner <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
HI All:
Is there any news out
there that I should be aware of prior to the purchase of a new external hard
drive.
Probably a 2TB.
Any new technology?
Thank you in advance.
Linda
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Linda M. Feltner
Artist, LLC
(520) 803-0538