Been looking at this external USB 3 drive for a while now for off site backup of my NAS and just noticed this one in Argos. Not avaliable for delivery but may be available for collection in your area.
This drive is powered by an external power supply, it's not the portable version I'm afraid.
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steve23094 to XP200
14 Jul 165#16
Change the record, you really don't have a clue.
topss to madjohn
14 Jul 163#13
I know, I mistook this usb hard drive for a sofa too!
All I see is a way to lose more data... Faster. (Seagate Drives have an average lifespan akin to a Cray Fly)
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5Rivers79
13 Jul 16#1
Is this one 4tb drive or 2x2tb for safer backup?
fishmaster to 5Rivers79
14 Jul 161#20
You're confused as to what constitutes a backup. 2X2 TB would indicate you're thinking of RAID 1 Mirroring, which isn't a backup. No RAID implementation is a backup, it's just redundancy, definitely not a backup. RAID by it's very definition can't be a backup. Also if it was 2X2TB RAID 1 then it would only give you 2TB available space and therefore unless they indicated it was setup in RAID 1 then they're be liable for false advertising.
A backup doesn't use RAID, a backup is to at least two differing storage mediums and the filesystem is not live. RAID is always live, isn't a backup ever and is only for redundancy.
Angry_Beaver
13 Jul 161#2
It's a single 4tb drive.
sradmad
13 Jul 16#3
good find op, heat added
Jack_Black
13 Jul 163#4
All I see is a way to lose more data... Faster. (Seagate Drives have an average lifespan akin to a Cray Fly)
FoxRaynard to Jack_Black
15 Jul 16#27
A what now ? :neutral_face:
OrribleHarry to Jack_Black
15 Jul 16#30
Is that comment from actual experience? I've always found seagate reliable I've had 4x4tb running 24/7 for past three years and they are still showing a healthy SMART status. We also have several hundred on the shop floor and the failure rate is above average.
The_Engineer
13 Jul 16#5
I'm planning on putting this on my HP Gen8 Microserver for backups. Here is a video disassembling the drive (5TB) from enclosure: Seagate Expansion Disassembly
Dawsy to The_Engineer
13 Jul 162#6
My goodness not very professional taking that apart. But guess if you make it look like a monkey can do it then you get more customers with damaged tech. Those that can teach those that are idiots upload it to youtube.. :confused: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAW26fW5fgY - Done a little better..
friar_chris
13 Jul 162#7
Jeez! Dawsy it was your comment that made me watch the video. Unbelievable. Extracting the drive would have been quicker if he'd thrown it at a wall for all the 'skill' it took.
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This drive is powered by an external power supply, it's not the portable version I'm afraid.
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A backup doesn't use RAID, a backup is to at least two differing storage mediums and the filesystem is not live. RAID is always live, isn't a backup ever and is only for redundancy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAW26fW5fgY - Done a little better..