Mark, I have been using the Mac Mini encased drives, all from various sources. I have eight of them, ranging in size from 500GB to 2TB, running 24 hours a day, the smaller sizes for 7 years, larger up to 4 years. Half of them for backup of the similar sized drives. In all that time, only one has failed, a 640GB, after 5 years as a backup drive. OWC currently has some of the larger models on sale.
Care must be taken in ordering, as of late, some are sized to match the new, smaller size of Apple Mac Minis post 2010, plus Airports and Time Capsule using 2.5" drives, whereas mine all have 3.5" drives matching the earlier Mac Minis, Airports and Time Capsules. They are stackable, to any height, according to tech supports of the various retailers. I used to have two stacks of four, but they all get pretty hot, enough for me to worry, even though the one on top gets no hotter than the one on the bottom. They have internal fans that vent just below the top on all four sides, which you never hear except under large copies or posts from one to another. Even then not very loud. But I now have them 2 high, really because I have the space now I did not before. Check them out, search for best price. OWC has the: 3.0TB NewerTech miniStack Classic 7200RPM 64MB Cache FireWire 800 & USB 2.0 SATA Solution with integrated rear USB 2.0 powered hub. Cables, Prosoft Data Backup & Intech HD Speedtools included. 3 Year NewerTech Limited Warranty. (NWTMSC7S30TB64) 3.0TB 7200RPM miniStack now $139.10 after $30.89 OWCtoberFest Bonus rebate through 10/28/2014 On Oct 24, 2014, at 8:39 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > i have been using seagate for my back ups, so far so good > > On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 10:49 AM, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm currently housing my digital images on a couple of external hard drives. >> They are filling up and its getting to be time to upgrade. Are there any >> particular brands to look for or avoid? >> >> I am thinking of getting a couple of 4TB drives, to replace a couple of 3TB >> drives currently in use. I'm currently using two pair of drives with a 3TB >> and 2TB in each pair. Moving from a 3+2 setup to a 4+3 setup will net an >> additional 2TB of storage, which should last for a couple years or so. >> >> I Googled on this and Hitachi came up as making reliable drives. A quick >> search on Amazon did not reveal any Hitachi drives in enclosures, but I >> assume I could buy an enclosure that would support them. >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> Mark >> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
