You probably said the same thing about 500GB drives back in 2006
If the data is important to you, back it up. Either way, it is good practice buy the largest drive you can afford that has a decent price/GB ratio.
fishmaster
31 Aug 164#27
A backup is only a backup if the data exists in more than one place and preferably on different mediums.
So what is a backup?
OK well let's start with what isn't a backup...
RAID is NOT a backup. RAID is redundancy, RAID is live, data errors and mistakes will be copied live across volumes. But I heard RAID 1 is a backup? You definitely heard wrong. RAID is redundancy, it's there to keep the down time to a minimum, RAID is never a backup.
OK well I bought the 5TB HDD in this deal and I took all the data from all my devices and put it on this device. Nope sorry, all you've done is move all your data to a drive, which can i.) fail ii.) be stolen iii:) be destroyed in a fire etc
So what is a backup?
A backup is a PLAN. So stop and think right now, do you know where all your data is? For example it's on your laptop, phone, tablet, they all get stolen, think how you'd get your data back, if you say well er all my data was on those devices, that's not a backup.
So a backup is a PLAN and that PLAN should consist of putting your data on multiple storage mediums, so Hard Drives, Cloud Storage and less relevant today Optical media. Your data should be replicated at minimum to more than one storage medium, and not all on the same site, if the site burns down so does all your data. Make a PLAN make a backup.
MrFizzy
31 Aug 163#9
I think that's more of a limitation of your TV than a problem with this specific drive. You may get away with creating <2TB volumes on the disk to make it work with your tv.
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Danger35
31 Aug 16#1
Damn! I was just about to post this. I saw the ticket on the shelf in my local store but they were out of stock. I spoke to one of the salespeople and he said they had about 150 still in stock but none close to me! :disappointed: Hope someone else has more luck than me.
Franzkill
31 Aug 16#2
Do you have the product code so I can check my local stores?
bhoy78 to Franzkill
31 Aug 16#11
0000127771
MRBardo
31 Aug 16#3
You're braver than me if you trust 5TB of data to this thing without some form of robust back up solution!
mwarner to MRBardo
31 Aug 1617#4
You probably said the same thing about 500GB drives back in 2006
If the data is important to you, back it up. Either way, it is good practice buy the largest drive you can afford that has a decent price/GB ratio.
Siilver to MRBardo
31 Aug 16#12
There is always one
Stu C to MRBardo
31 Aug 161#16
This would be the backup solution.
Do you put more value on bits of data or number of files? Video and photo files are getting bigger as resolution increases, so bigger hard drives are needed. 1TB drives are simply not practical for some applications.
Where do you draw the line? Are you still using 32MB SD Cards in your digital camera?
BigYoSpeck to MRBardo
31 Aug 161#17
You're braver than me if you trust 5kb of important, irreplaceable data without a robust back up solution
Meathotukdeals to MRBardo
31 Aug 16#24
Huh? Who's saying keep all your data on this drive alone?
tomthered
31 Aug 16#5
and of course Western Digital are good drives
pqhf5kd
31 Aug 16#6
None in the Poole store
babyboya187
31 Aug 161#7
Be careful with this as i bought it to have as a media recorder and have all my films and music on
But when i put it in my tv the tv says it only supports up too 2 TB !
This is really just the tv's limitations appose to the drives but i din't think about the tv's limitations when i bought the Drive.
Just something to think about before purchasing if it is for your tv :-)
teknoteknotekno to babyboya187
31 Aug 16#31
surely you could repetition the drive to 2x2tb and 1x1t to give you total use with Tv?
bhoy78
31 Aug 16#8
Thanks op was in the EK store about 20 mins after your post, got the last one on the shelf. Not sure if they would have anymore in the store room.
Never had an external drive before am I best leaving it in the enclosure or opening it up and putting it in my media centre?
conorsavage to bhoy78
31 Aug 161#23
Took apart this exact enclosure about 2 weeks ago to slot it into my media centre. Much more practical in my opinion. Fairly easy to take apart and frees up a USB and plug
MrFizzy
31 Aug 163#9
I think that's more of a limitation of your TV than a problem with this specific drive. You may get away with creating <2TB volumes on the disk to make it work with your tv.
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If the data is important to you, back it up. Either way, it is good practice buy the largest drive you can afford that has a decent price/GB ratio.
So what is a backup?
OK well let's start with what isn't a backup...
RAID is NOT a backup. RAID is redundancy, RAID is live, data errors and mistakes will be copied live across volumes. But I heard RAID 1 is a backup? You definitely heard wrong. RAID is redundancy, it's there to keep the down time to a minimum, RAID is never a backup.
OK well I bought the 5TB HDD in this deal and I took all the data from all my devices and put it on this device. Nope sorry, all you've done is move all your data to a drive, which can i.) fail ii.) be stolen iii:) be destroyed in a fire etc
So what is a backup?
A backup is a PLAN. So stop and think right now, do you know where all your data is? For example it's on your laptop, phone, tablet, they all get stolen, think how you'd get your data back, if you say well er all my data was on those devices, that's not a backup.
So a backup is a PLAN and that PLAN should consist of putting your data on multiple storage mediums, so Hard Drives, Cloud Storage and less relevant today Optical media. Your data should be replicated at minimum to more than one storage medium, and not all on the same site, if the site burns down so does all your data. Make a PLAN make a backup.
All comments (40)
If the data is important to you, back it up. Either way, it is good practice buy the largest drive you can afford that has a decent price/GB ratio.
Do you put more value on bits of data or number of files? Video and photo files are getting bigger as resolution increases, so bigger hard drives are needed. 1TB drives are simply not practical for some applications.
Where do you draw the line? Are you still using 32MB SD Cards in your digital camera?
But when i put it in my tv the tv says it only supports up too 2 TB !
This is really just the tv's limitations appose to the drives but i din't think about the tv's limitations when i bought the Drive.
Just something to think about before purchasing if it is for your tv :-)
Never had an external drive before am I best leaving it in the enclosure or opening it up and putting it in my media centre?