radish;356681 Wrote: > It's not really the drive itself (although small enclosures can run hot > and increase thermal issues). Many of the external boxes use extremely > cheap & nasty USB/SATA controllers which can cause all kinds of > problems. That aside, you also have less reliable cabling (more > connections + more movement = more errors) and a higher likleyhood of > accidents like power disconnections or physical shocks.
Why would one buy a good and reliable internal system and a cheap/nasty external one? I mean, you can buy good/reliable external drives too. Most problems occur when one buys a separate external enclosure and puts a drive in themselves. I agree that most of those enclosures are bad. But an external WD "book" or even "passport" is good. If you want just as fast, try to find an "external SATA". For maximum compatibility, use "external firewire", for maximum $$$, use "Serial Attached SSCI" or even fibre channel. But I think that even USB cables are reliable. Accidents is the same thing, if you're careless and throw drives off the table, sure it'll probably be messed up. But when you install a fibre-channel enclosure in a 19" rack it'll be way safer than an internal drive. And somewhere between these two extremes is a nice option that's just as good as internal. My advise: if you want maximum capacity for the cost: http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Essential-External-Drive/dp/B000VZCEUI/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=pc&qid=1225831944&sr=1-5 if you want more reliable (= less capacity): the 750 or 500 GB versions. if you want small & USB powered: http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Passport-Essential-WDME3200TN/dp/B0012GQZZU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=pc&qid=1225831944&sr=1-2 stay away from separate/empty enclosures and put it somewhere safe. cheers, Nick. -- DeVerm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DeVerm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18104 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54534 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
