Thanks Godfrey - I especially appreciate the recommendation regarding
the enclosures. I've had mixed luck with some of the no-brand enclosures
I've bought on eBay in the past, so knowing what look for is helpful. I
Mark
On 10/24/2014 11:31 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
Mark,
I have a hodgepodge of 2T drives bought as bare drives - Hitachi, Seagate, and
Western Digital. All have been working very well with no problems at all. Most
of the drives in the $100-250 price class from major vendors are so close in
reliability, speed, durability, etc, it's a toss up.
I use the Mercury Elite Pro USB 3.0 & 2.0/FireWire 800/eSATA enclosures
available from Other World Computing. They're fast, easy to work with, reasonably
priced, and very reliable.
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/1394/USB/EliteAL/eSATA_FW800_FW400_USB
Godfrey
On Oct 24, 2014, at 7:49 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
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