Carlos E. R. wrote: [...] > > External usb hard drives are very convenient, but they are not reliable, > unfortunately. They are exposed to handling, for instance, and a HD should > not be even moved while spinning.
Agreed. However I never ever experienced a simultaneous failure of data loss and external harddrive failure, both at the same time. It is not ideal, it is just cheap and works for me as a home user. Furthermore, if I fear my usb disks to fail at the very wrong moment, I can easily albeit more costly, use 2.5inch notebook drives. Those are much more reliable under rough conditions that an external harddisk might endure. Btw. I handle mine with care. ;-)). > > Then, the chipsets used by those boxes are cheap and incomplete, they > don't have the necessary functions to use SMART and thus asses the drive > health. That's bad, but if it fails, it is rather unlikely that my internal harddisk will fail at the exact same point in time. > > It is a very convenient way of adding large storage capacity which you can > then move out to a cupboard or safe, but in fact they can and do die on > you at the most unexpected moment. Yes. Again, would I be willing to invest more in terms of money and work, I probably would do it differently. > regards Eberhard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
