Last time I was at the Apple store they had some really nice drives that looked well built. And the Apple guy said they work really well (reliable) for photos etc... but just cost a bit more.
Stuart On Nov 30, 2010, at 12:14 PM, Dan Crutcher <[email protected]> wrote: > Does anyone have any recommendations on reliable external hard drives? At > Louisville Magazine we seem to go through them like candy, especially the > ones that we use for photo storage and backup. Now, we are using them much > more heavily than most people would — we write and read several gigabytes of > new data almost every day. We keep a backup of all files on the main drive > that is automatically updated every night (essentially giving us always a > duplicate of the main one). > > I have used Western Digitals, LaCies, Seagates, Maxtors and various other > brands, and they all seem to fail regularly and frequently. I usually buy > them at Best Buy or wherever I can find the most bytes for the least bucks. > At this point I rarely get anything less than a terabyte, which under the > best circumstances will hold only about a year's worth of photos. > > I'm frustrated by the amount of data corruption and/or mechanical problems > that these drives are having. It is rare that one lasts a full year without > developing some kind of problem that requires replacing it. Because we keep > multiple backups we haven't lost anything yet, but I'm afraid it's only a > matter of time until we do. > > Is there some REALLY GOOD external hard drive out there that would give us > better reliability, even if it cost more? Or some other type of data storage > (burning DVDs for backup is not really an option, as we simply don't have the > time or manpower to do that on any regular basis)? > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks. > > Dan Crutcher > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
