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DevonB · Post by **DevonB** » Tue May 29, 2012 12:40 pm

fateamenabletochange wrote:I have eSATA outputs on the back of the computer ....is that going to be best for an external HD ??

Yes.

Devon

DevonB · Post by **DevonB** » Tue May 29, 2012 1:02 pm

At the end of the day, the only thing that matters is your BACKUP and PROTECTION STRATEGY. All drives fail, period. Some sooner than others. I've dealt with all brands lasting for years and all brands dying. It just happens. I've literally have personally managed multiple petabytes over the years and have dealt with thousands of customers who manage small and large storage area networks. I've been doing this professionally since 1995. It's not about brand, it's about luck, seriously. If you'd like to look at a larger sampling pool, you can knock yourself out here.

http://www.storagereview.com/php/survey ... t_tree.php

Still, Seagate alone, after the Thailand flooding that majorly impacted then shipped 61 MILLION drives in 1Q 2012. WD shipped 44 million in the same time period. The 50,000+ user database on Storage Review is again, a drop in the bucket (that's 0.5% of reviews for several years compared to what shipped in first quarter in 2012, and that's with the impact of the floods.)

Seriously, discuss backup strategies and help each other out. That is far more important than what brand you buy.

Personally, I do local backups to external drives, and also sync to an external backup cloud.

Devon

synchronizer · Post by **synchronizer** » Tue May 29, 2012 1:14 pm

I'm planning to create a Mac OSX disk image of my external drive (and internal drive too)!

As for online storage, I know not of a place that offers enough space for free...I have about 300GB of content thus far.

By the way... The Glyph drive can be somewhat loud when I'm not doing musical work, so should I be ejecting it and turning its power off when it's not in use?

DevonB · Post by **DevonB** » Wed May 30, 2012 10:06 am

synchronizer wrote:As for online storage, I know not of a place that offers enough space for free...I have about 300GB of content thus far.

Free? Why does it have to be free? There are plans out there with reasonable rates. Think of it like you're buying a backup drives, but you don't have to manage it. Besides, how expensive would it be for you if you lost everything?

By the way... The Glyph drive can be somewhat loud when I'm not doing musical work, so should I be ejecting it and turning its power off when it's not in use?

Up to you, but sure. I never leave my externals on when not in use. Less hours on the spindle motor, the better.

Devon

jbraner · Post by **jbraner** » Wed May 30, 2012 4:35 pm

I never leave my externals on when not in use. Less hours on the spindle motor, the better.

Plus you can't accidently screw up (delete things, corrupt things etc) if it's not connected

synchronizer · Post by **synchronizer** » Wed May 30, 2012 7:18 pm

I would rather not spend enormous amounts of money on online storage, but which service do you use DevonB?

DevonB · Post by **DevonB** » Wed May 30, 2012 10:19 pm

synchronizer wrote:I would rather not spend enormous amounts of money on online storage, but which service do you use DevonB?

I've used several (Mozy, Carbonite, etc.) and things have changed over the years for all of them. Just have to look into what matters to you the most (snapshots, multiple backups, amount of space needed, mobile access, etc.)

PC Magazine just did a review of quite a few. Expect to pay about $60-$120 a year or so... but that's how much a hard drive is. And really, when it's your backup, I'd be refreshing for a new drive quite freqeunty... of course, only if your data matters to you, that is.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2288745,00.asp

I'd give a read through and figure out what you need. I hate to throw out a recommendation without knowing your needs. Only you know your needs.

Devon

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