On 01/01/2014 02:07 PM, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: > I was considering what seagate calls an "expansion hard drive". They > are USB 3, but I will be using only USB 2. The desktop is gentoo-only > and I don't need any backup software from seagate. > > The models are STBVx000100 for x=1,2,3,4 TB. > > I understand the price capacity trade-off, but wonder if anyone has any > experience with these drives. > >
Hi Allan, I am currently using 11 of these drives (1TB model; STBV1000100) connected via USB doing daily/weekly backups of infrastructure at work. They're specifically used on mostly Windows servers via WSB. They're written to quite often and have been on 24x7 since last January. I did have a problem with one drive a month in but it was replaced and have had no issues since. Keep in mind these have no on/off switch and are literally an expansiond drive, meant to be on all the time. I've performed test restores to a VM and no issues. Performance is OK even on USB2. I have no complaints on these particular models (other than the lack of a power switch), although I really should have purchased the 2TB models. Oh well. Dan
