On 12/13/2011 3:29 PM, Charles Curley wrote: > 1 terabyte (or larger) > USB 2 or 3 > No external power supply; must be powered from the USB bus. I'll be honest, I think you're asking for trouble on your last requirement for backups. If your main comp goes down or has a power issue, it could do a lot more damage (potentially) to the drive than if it were externally powered. It's not so cut and dry as to say "external power is better" but there's enough risk mitigated that I think for a backup scenario you'd want it separate from the machine.
That said, I like Western Digital's external drives that I've used. I also like Seagate, but they've had a couple issues for friends. ymmv Cheers, -Tod Hansmann /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
