A better choice might be firewire based drives. They can definitely sustain fairly high throughputs.
------------------------------------------------------ Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity Atlanta, GA > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 3:48 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Backup hardware > > > Good idea. I expect to do these in the middle of the night, > but that's > still important if you're doing 30 or 40 gb. I'll go out & > see if there > are any reviews out there. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 12:44 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Backup hardware > > > On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, at 10:17am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm thinking of going to the USB2 external drive system for offsite > > storage ... > > Check the speed of the unit (throughput in actual use, not the speed > of the HDD, or the IDE interface, or the USB2 interface) > before you make > a purchase. Some of those things (the no-name stuff, generally) are > much slower than one might expect. > > -- > Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the > author and do > | not | necessarily represent the views or policy of any > other person, > | entity or | organization. All information is provided without > | warranty of any kind. | > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
