jaan 0 Report post Posted February 10, 2009 (edited) i'm not a dunce nor a tech nerd, but anyone had consistently good experiences with any particular brand of high-end external hard drives (non-raid)? i've heard it's good to get one with a fan to be safe. lacie and g-tech have earned their places on my list of mortal enemies. nearly all my cheap consumer drives have far outlived those bastards. thanks in advance for any wisdomz. Edited February 10, 2009 by jaan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jaan 0 Report post Posted February 10, 2009 anyone have experience with glyph drives? http://www.glyphtech.com/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Srek 0 Report post Posted February 10, 2009 I'm currently very satisfied with about 20 2 1/2" 500GB drives i use for backups. TEAC HD-15C-OTC In sets of 4 they are running 24/7 for several days in turns, so far without a hitch. They stay pleasently cool and even with USB 2 transferspeed is pretty OK. eSATA is a bit of a drama since you will need either USB or an extra PSU to supply power. Cheers Björn Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beaver 1 Report post Posted February 10, 2009 I've been using lots of WD mybooks for externals. Nice looking, and they've been reliable for me. They make one for any interface you could want, including the sweet sweet delicious 3000 Mbps ESATA. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
b_foote1 0 Report post Posted February 10, 2009 (edited) anyone have experience with glyph drives?http://www.glyphtech.com/ I have two glyph drives they are seriously solid in comparison to Lacie or Gtech. Edited February 10, 2009 by b_foote1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
a2visual 0 Report post Posted February 10, 2009 I've been using lots of WD mybooks for externals. Nice looking, and they've been reliable for me. They make one for any interface you could want, including the sweet sweet delicious 3000 Mbps ESATA. I use one as well, as do others around the office, and not a problem for any of us. I think next I'm going to look at a Drobo with some Seagate drives in it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
b_foote1 0 Report post Posted February 10, 2009 Yeah im looking at the drobo also to use at home. looks like a serious drive. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jablinko 0 Report post Posted February 10, 2009 i've dug this from firmtek since '05. its great to be able to quickly swap in and out sata drives. i used to raid them, dont really anymore. need to be more on top of having a backup system though lately i have just bought the cheapest sata's off of dealmac. 500gb for $65 or so is shelving satas as backups going to shorten their lives? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swaino 0 Report post Posted February 10, 2009 For archiving, I've been using this: http://www.geekstuff4u.com/accessories/hdd...uper-combo.html with enterprise class SATA drives. I've only used it to pop a drive in, archive to it, then pop it back out...but so far, so good. It couldn't be easier to use. And that particular model has pretty much any interface you'd need. It works with notebook drives too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drnz 0 Report post Posted February 10, 2009 Not too sure about the external case aspect, but Seagate enterprise class drives have the best MTBF stats and warranty specs...this coming form the data recovery guy that told me my Acom/WD external was toast.....do make sure your case has a fan, HDs don't like heat... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the_Monkey 8 Report post Posted February 10, 2009 Hitachi UltraStar drives. They live in my eATA Mercury Rack Pro. It was the best 4TB I could find for backing up my MacPro. Very pleased with it. -m Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
parallax 0 Report post Posted February 11, 2009 (edited) Dudes, for the record, ALL of these companies, especially in this price-range use 3rd party HD's with their own enclosure. The only thing you are buying is a possibly slightly better box-with-a-fan. As HD's go, Seagate and WD are probably the main brands you'd want to go for. Edited February 11, 2009 by parallax Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Duder 0 Report post Posted February 11, 2009 Yeah, having a fan in the enclosure is a big plus. For archiving, we moved to LTO4 drives (pretty expensive, but the tapes are cheap). They use these for backing up servers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aspekt 0 Report post Posted February 11, 2009 I've been using WD mybooks for back up & have had no issues. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Duder 0 Report post Posted February 11, 2009 Just a note on WD Mybook 1tb drives (the ones with a single USB2.0 port). I had 2 die on me within a week so be wary. This was bought from Best Buy. I think the more expensive the external drive is the better it is for you. Look for ones with multiple ports. Might not make sense. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Sao_Bento Report post Posted February 12, 2009 I keep a couple of these around for when you have to pry the HDs out of their cases because the power supply croaked. http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Products.aspx?C=1346 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites