Re: [libreoffice-users] External Hard Drives - to save my LO and other content

There are so many opinions on this topic that a decision is not easy.
I have some Seagate ironwolfs in my NAS (DS216). It's internal OS is 
linux and it talks nice to linux, mac and windows. For my desktop data 
(/home) I got a WD Gold, and am stunned just how much faster than a red 
or black it is.
I think the important factor is being able to allow at least 1 drive 
failure without data loss.
steve

On 17/10/17 13:19, Tim-L wrote:
> If you cannot find a good article that you can trust, then you must 
> take opinions of others.
>
> So, this is my opinion about best drives to buy.
>
> Even 1 month old Military specs 2-TB USB Drive can go bad.  Mine did.  
> At least most of it was backed up on a different drive/system.  It 
> only cost me $100 plus shipping for the original drive - from Walmart 
> of all places.
>
> I always buy the best extended warranty I can get, for all my 
> electronics.  At least this replaces the device that died.
>
> First, I personally would not go larger than 2-TB for a drive as your 
> MOST needed data, unless you have drives that are designed for NAS or 
> file server equipment.  That is my opinion for the drives I can afford 
> to buy, for the money I had when I need them. I use a desktop, and its 
> drives as the backup for my laptop data. It will end up as a file 
> server - one day.  I believe in a many device backup system - as follows;
>
>    I backup the laptop[s] data to my "Silicon Power 2TB Rugged Armor
>    A30 Shockproof Standard 2.5" USB 3.0 Military-Grade Portable
>    External Hard Drive".  Then take that drive and copy the files to my
>    file "server" desktop's 3 different 2-TB internal drives. The are WD
>    brand.  Then I use a syncing backup script to the 3 external drives
>    - again WD drives - 6-TB internal and 6-TB external.  So, I have at
>    least 2 different drives hold the "backups" of the data, if the
>    laptop drive goes bad.  It could be easier if I had more money.
>
> I looked at a few places and the "best" drive type I found so far may 
> be the WD Red Pro drives for NAS storage.  They cost more than the WS 
> "Black" type, or other brands of drives.  They are designed for long 
> life in demanding needs.  I have seen the "red" drives as large as 
> 8-TB for $400 USD.  The 4-TB run about $150.  If I have the money, I 
> would replace my current drives with these drives.
>
> I currently do not have a NAS storage device - due to the fact I could 
> not figure out how to get my Linux systems to work with the current 
> router/NAS device I have, or any NAS storage outside of a desktop 
> setup.  That is why I hope to get one of my desktops to be a true 
> Ubuntu file server.
>
>
>
> On 10/16/2017 06:04 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote:
> > Hi Charles.
> > I have just had a new WD Black (supposed to be high(er) reliability) 
> > die within a few weeks. Replaced under warranty.
> > The probability of that is low, but it does happen. If the backup is 
> > only a copy of what is on your PC/laptop then you are not needing 
> > such high reliability as you always have at least one copy on a failure.
> >
> > I archive (backup and delete original from PC) so use a little DS216 
> > NAS storage unit  with 2 drives configured raid. Less frequently I 
> > backup that to a single 4TB HD for off site safety (house burns down).
> >
> > I also bought a drive on Amazon recently and noticed that there was 
> > an option for $10 extra to cover data recovery in a failure.
> >
> > I think your best solution will depend upon how much data you need to 
> > back up and how often, an on-line solution may even work for you.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > On 17/10/17 07:53, charles meyer wrote:
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > I have a SONY external hard drive that just died one day within it's
> > > warranty period.
> > >
> > > SONY won't recover my drive contents so the next time I've got an extra
> > > $500 I'll have to find a data recovery firm.
> > >
> > > I need to back up my contents - music, videos, data but I can't seem to
> > > find an objective, independent evaluation of which external hard 
> > > drives are
> > > most reliable.
> > >
> > > Have you found any such article?
> > >
> > > Or have you found through experience certain brands more reliable than
> > > others?
> > >
> > > Thanks so much!
> > >
> > > Charles.


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