James Harper wrote: >> In my opinion any 2.5" HDD enclosure will do the job. >> They use laptop hdd's so they do not need additional power supply and >> once disconnected they are more resistible to shocks. >> As for performance it is slightly lower, but it should not be a >> > problem. > > The 2.5" drives are only available up to about 160gb, and the price is a > bit steep up at that end. We are competing with the likes of LTO 400/800 > drives here... > If you have enough data to fill it LTO-3(400/800) will be better solution even starting price is much higher.
Data writing speed is almost the same and price per MB is lower (1 tape is 40% less than similar capacity ATA HDD) Only plus is that hdd can be used many more times and it has random access capability. > Also, the higher capacity 2.5" drives often do need an additional power > supply, even if it's just an additional usb connection. > > As for durability I'd definitely prefer the 2.5" form factor though. > > James > -- Hristo Benev IT Manager WAVEROAD Partners in Telecommunications 514-935-2020 x225 T 514-935-1001 F www.waveroad.ca [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
