*RELIABLE* external hard drives NEEDED

[ballsdeep]

thanks for the feedback, though it makes it harder to make a decision, it's totally appreciated.

keep it coming...

[AAR.oner]

all my Lacie drives have done well [except one, but i think its a connector issue], the one Maxtor has been chuggin along since the beginning of TTD...the newest was a WD drive, have had major issues with it

i've heard from a few editors their preferred exts are the GTech drives

[Ghostwheel]

Originally Posted by lintoni

The Maxtor is a 500GB

i got the same drive and it's been going strong for about 2 years or so. i forget exactly when i got it.

i just recently picked up a 2tb WD My Book and it seems to be working great so far. i need to get a couple more just for back up and not reading from.

[co9ol]

Originally Posted by AAR.oner

i've heard from a few editors their preferred exts are the GTech drives

I got a 500GB one about 4 years a go and it's still my best drive. I use it to daisy chain a bunch of other drives through its Firewire 800 connection. You get what you pay for.

[Limulus]

a friend just reminded me in this:

high capacity Optical/FLASH drive media might be the preferred back up medium of the future. as we know drives with moving parts are at far greater risk of failing.

[xc52]

You might want to consider waiting til the summer/autumn, when prices should begin dropping again as inventory supply finally catches up with demand. They're ridic high right now.

Fwiw, following is a somewhat technical explanation but... kinda fun in a geeky way! Cheers.

hxxp://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9222871/Hard_drive_prices_slide_as_Thai_flood_aftermath_subsides

[Summary: inventories still short at major manufacturers like SG & WD, and will continue to be so well into 2012.]

[spidergawd]

I've never really liked external drives, since I've had problems with the OS recognizing them. However, since my case only holds 6 internal drives I bought a cable/adaptor with its own power supply and just use extra internal drives, only plugging them in when necessary. Very cheap alternative and you can use whatever drive you want.