Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB3 external storage HD's

2018-01-19 Thread Wols Lists
On 18/01/18 21:22, mad.scientist.at.la...@tutanota.com wrote: > if you're going with external drives use laptop drives, or build a JBOD > with good cooling. in any case, monitor drive temperatures, in my > experiance anything above 100F is asking for a short life, bellow or at > 100F drives new

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB3 external storage HD's

2018-01-19 Thread Rich Freeman
On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 8:49 AM, wrote: > On 01/19/2018 02:30 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: >> On Thursday, 18 January 2018 18:45:41 GMT Nikos Chantziaras wrote: >>> On 18/01/18 20:33, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: Do those External Storage work with Linux (USB3)? I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB3 external storage HD's

2018-01-19 Thread thelma
On 01/19/2018 02:30 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Thursday, 18 January 2018 18:45:41 GMT Nikos Chantziaras wrote: >> On 18/01/18 20:33, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >>> Do those External Storage work with Linux (USB3)? >>> I don't want to install any ventor-software, I just want one that plugs

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB3 external storage HD's

2018-01-19 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Thursday, 18 January 2018 18:45:41 GMT Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 18/01/18 20:33, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > > Do those External Storage work with Linux (USB3)? > > I don't want to install any ventor-software, I just want one that plugs > > and play. > > > > Any recommendations? > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB3 external storage HD's

2018-01-18 Thread John Covici
On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 16:58:26 -0500, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > > On 2018-01-18 13:44, R0b0t1 wrote: > > > Buy a SATA to USB3 enclosure and a 2.5" laptop drive separately. > > I got one of those (a Rosewill). First thing I noted was it got > _really_ hot after a few minutes of use. Hot as in

[gentoo-user] Re: USB3 external storage HD's

2018-01-18 Thread Ian Zimmerman
On 2018-01-18 13:44, R0b0t1 wrote: > Buy a SATA to USB3 enclosure and a 2.5" laptop drive separately. I got one of those (a Rosewill). First thing I noted was it got _really_ hot after a few minutes of use. Hot as in highly unpleasant to touch. Nonetheless I kept using it, but it stopped

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB3 external storage HD's

2018-01-18 Thread mad.scientist.at.large
just remember 3.5" drives, particularly the higher perfomance/enterprise drives can require well thought out cooling, this is a primary reason you just don't see 10k drives in desktops any more (had one in a mac, factory in 2001), in most machines they'll fail in months, they just need more

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB3 external storage HD's

2018-01-18 Thread Wols Lists
On 18/01/18 18:45, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 18/01/18 20:33, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >> Do those External Storage work with Linux (USB3)? >> I don't want to install any ventor-software, I just want one that plugs >> and play. >> >> Any recommendations? > > My USB 3 stick works fine, at

[gentoo-user] Re: USB3 external storage HD's

2018-01-18 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 18/01/18 20:33, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: Do those External Storage work with Linux (USB3)? I don't want to install any ventor-software, I just want one that plugs and play. Any recommendations? My USB 3 stick works fine, at its full advertised speed (190MB/s read, 100MB/s write.) So