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06/03/2010 07:55:00 PM · #1 |
I am so happy with my new toy! I just needed some place to put all of these pics I am taking. I took over 1000 pictures in the last 5 days (Junior College World Series).
Anyone else LOVE their external/internal Terabyte?
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06/03/2010 07:59:17 PM · #2 |
Is the drive cheaper than the sensor you are burning away so fa$t? Just kidding:-)
I only have 2 320GB ones, and they have made my life so much easier. |
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06/03/2010 08:02:35 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by Prash:
Is the drive cheaper than the sensor you are burning away so fa$t? Just kidding:-)
I only have 2 320GB ones, and they have made my life so much easier. |
LOL I hope so! It was only 99 bucks at Wally World. I am happy with it.
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06/03/2010 08:10:24 PM · #4 |
Those are wonderful, but can seriously crash, leaving you with a lot of nothing. It's worthwhile at that price, to buy 2 and backup everything to the second one, which you store in a different place, in case of theft, fire, a big crash or the like.
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06/03/2010 08:11:05 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by MelonMusketeer:
Those are wonderful, but can seriously crash, leaving you with a lot of nothing. It's worthwhile at that price, to buy 2 and backup everything to the second one, which you store in a different place, in case of theft, fire, a big crash or the like. |
Thanks for the warning!
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06/03/2010 08:17:27 PM · #6 |
| Yes. In fact, I use to to backup photos, plus my whole computer using Paragon's Backup and Recovery software. Its FREE and works great!!! There is a commercial version with more bells and whistles, but the free version does the job perfectly! |
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06/03/2010 10:14:52 PM · #7 |
| I got a TB external, and internal. Had two hard drive failures last year alone, and dont want to risk losing any files ever again. |
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06/03/2010 10:21:14 PM · #8 |
| I badly need a Tbyte drive, or two. Lacie's the best brand, I've heard. Anyone else heard different? |
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06/03/2010 10:25:48 PM · #9 |
| G-Drive is what I always use. |
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06/03/2010 10:28:09 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by snaffles:
I badly need a Tbyte drive, or two. Lacie's the best brand, I've heard. Anyone else heard different? |
I had a Maxtor that died when I knocked it over. I bought a Lacie 1TB to replace, and dont dare go near it when its running, so it hasnt died yet. |
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06/03/2010 10:29:58 PM · #11 |
Ive been using western digital drives for years and have been very reliable on the 40+ drives Ive had...
Most were retired from just being too small.
-dave
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06/03/2010 10:31:52 PM · #12 |
I use the Drobo, the basic version is pretty affordable and there are four slots for drives, considering you can buy a 1tb for $100 bucks it's awesome AND With more than one drive you have all your data backed up by the Drobo, safty and space! I adore mine and a total must for shooting sessions and weddings to back things up!
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06/03/2010 10:35:08 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by PhotoDave:
Ive been using western digital drives for years and have been very reliable on the 40+ drives Ive had...
Most were retired from just being too small.
-dave |
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Same here. I have had great reliability from WD drives. Right now I am running two external WD 640Gb drives. One is the primary drive for my photos and I use a program called MirrorFolder to automatically keep a backup set of files on the 2nd drive.
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06/03/2010 10:50:51 PM · #14 |
I've had good luck with 5 Lacie drives (so far, knock wood, toss salt, spin three times, spit spit spit) and lousy luck with Western Digital, Seagate, Maxtor, and Iomega ( a long time ago).
Message edited by author 2010-06-03 22:57:00. |
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06/03/2010 10:53:17 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by mayize:
I use the Drobo, the basic version is pretty affordable and there are four slots for drives, considering you can buy a 1tb for $100 bucks it's awesome AND With more than one drive you have all your data backed up by the Drobo, safty and space! I adore mine and a total must for shooting sessions and weddings to back things up! |
Im actually running 3 Drobo's loaded with WD Drives and I cant say enough good about them, the units are awesome and the support from the company is by far the best Ive experienced.
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06/04/2010 10:23:20 AM · #16 |
I run several D-Link DNS-323 NAS enclosures, each with pairs of 1.5 TB SATA drives (for example) in them.
Enclosure runs between $110-$150, based on sales and rebates, and drives are around $100 each, so with 1.5 TB drives you've got 3 TB JBOD or 1.5 TB RAID-1 mirror for around $310 -- hard to beat that price. (They accept any size SATA drive -- I just have 1.5s in mine). Performance is great -- MUCH faster access than Drobo. Also, the 323 runs an embedded Linux build, and you can easily hack it to run a full Linux install -- I have full installs running on all of mine, so if you're a Unix/Linux geek or feel like playing with it, you've got a complete server-in-a-breadbox.
Not for everyone... but if you're so inclined, it's a lot of flexability for a relatively low cost. |
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06/04/2010 10:58:59 AM · #17 |
| My terabyte drive is nearly full. Time to buy another one. |
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