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Re: [newtech-1] Portable Hard Drive

From: Baba
Sent on: Monday, November 30, 2015, 9:50 PM
All spinning disk drives fail at some point in time. Doesn't matter how cheap or expensive they are, it isn't if they fail but when they fail. 
You can buil your own FreeNAS storage server and use a bunch of drives in a RAID setup. You can look at this http://www.freenas.org/faq

On the other hand if you don't want to have your NAS but just want a 1 TB portable drive, spend the money on a SSD and a 2.5 inch USB disk case like a Inateck. 
You will have a reliable drive that's fast. SSD's do fail but the rate of failure is under two percent. 
One of the less publicized cloud storage services out there is Backblaze and their pricing is very good. 
But if in the end you just want a cheap USB external drive any of the many out there will be fine. The main differences will be in the form factor and some software that is bundled with some of them. You can pick up USB 2.0 drives for cheap now as they try and get rid of the older stuff. 
Cloud based backup and storage solutions seem to be the rage as people are sold on storage as a service concept, has its pros and a few cons. 



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On Nov 30, 2015, at 9:20 PM, Andrew Szafran <[address removed]> wrote:

Funny, there was this thing called "privacy" -- can't remember where I left it.  I'd rather set up some sort of Linux-based NAS than use 99% of cloud storage companies.  Only cloud-based storage I'd consider using is one which uses strong crypto AND where the keys are known only to my machines, not to the provider.

But I set up a NAS with redundant drives from an old PC a few years ago, and it's been running fine since.  PC was free, so it cost me about $150 total.

On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 8:55 PM, Jose Lopez <[address removed]> wrote:
Hey David,
I got the 1TB from Dropbox for $99/year and never looked back.  I've gone through too many drives to recommend.  I've lost plenty files from a bad drive.

Now, I can have the files in multiple computers, never worry of sync issues, and can let go of a PC in case that dies.

Oh and it's pretty easy to share files with teammates and clients.

If you really need to have your hands on your files then I would go with the WesternDigital (WD) Passport line of portable drives.

Hope this helps.
Jose

On Nov 30, 2015, at 8:29 PM, David Polinchock <[address removed]> wrote:

Need a recommendation foe a good, portable hard drive that will work on both Macs and PC's. Want to be able to move files back & forth. Given the prices today, was thinking 1TB at least. Any ideas? Thanks for your help!
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