Back-ups, just wondering...

Buy at least 50 percent bigger than your current needs to continue to add more data without running out of space. I would suggest that you buy as big a hard drive as you possibly can since the difference in price between say 750GB and ITB is not that big.

I also came across something I have never used but intrigued at the option available. I wonder if someone can chime in if used recently.

Thermaltake HD Docking Station
 
Aaarrgh!! The dreaded backup jokes!! You should all be ashamed of yourselves :lol: :lol: :D

Seriously though, some great advice and suggestions, which I greatly appreciate.... now, if only I could make up my mind on which to go for... :rolleyes: :D
 
Quadophile said:
Buy at least 50 percent bigger than your current needs to continue to add more data without running out of space. I would suggest that you buy as big a hard drive as you possibly can since the difference in price between say 750GB and ITB is not that big.

I also came across something I have never used but intrigued at the option available. I wonder if someone can chime in if used recently.

Thermaltake HD Docking Station
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I've got one of those :)

Not that particular make and no USB ports but it takes 2.5" & 3.5" disks (or it will do when I find the 2.5" adaptor :o ) and cost £25.00 from Maplins.

I use it at current with a pair of 250Gb Sata disks and one 500Gb Sata disk.
 
Personaly I would go for a E-Sata enclosure. I have a cheap one that only runs at SATA 1 and it is very quick. You can get E-SATA PCI cards for your pc very cheap I got one from E-Bay for me second pc for peanuts.

http://safekom.com/prd.aspx?cat=3.5_Enclosures

I would consider buying one of these as they are aluminium look easy to work on and have a onboard fan. For £8.69 plus postage I recon they are a steal. Only a SATA connection so you would need the appropriate SATA PCI card.

http://safekom.com/code/prd/itemsinfo.aspx?skus=35-SS

However I recon this is a better buy as it has E-SATA 2 capabilities. At £14.29 a real bargin. An no size limits up to 3 TB.

http://safekom.com/code/prd/itemsinfo.aspx?skus=35-SUE

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Personaly I would go for a E-Sata enclosure. I have a cheap one that only runs at SATA 1 and it is very quick. You can get E-SATA PCI cards for your pc very cheap I got one from E-Bay for me second pc for peanuts.

http://safekom.com/prd.aspx?cat=3.5_Enclosures

I would consider buying one of these as they are aluminium look easy to work on and have a onboard fan. For £8.69 plus postage I recon they are a steal. Only a SATA connection so you would need the appropriate SATA PCI card.

http://safekom.com/code/prd/itemsinfo.aspx?skus=35-SS

However I recon this is a better buy as it has E-SATA 2 capabilities. At £14.29 a real bargin. An no size limits up to 3 TB.

http://safekom.com/code/prd/itemsinfo.aspx?skus=35-SUE

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That last one looks good but it has no reverse light.....
 
Hi Taffy Cat.

I would recomend you getting a external H/D for your back ups,and storage of what ever you need storing. I have bought one some time ago and we keep all our photos on,among other things. The nice thing about it is that it can be unpluged from the computer and kept out of site.So if you were burgled,heaven forfend, and they took your computer at least you would have all your back up things on your stand alone H/D.
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historian said:
So if you were burgled,heaven forfend, and they took your computer at least you would have all your back up things on your stand alone H/D.
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When burglars came over to my place they took away our two laptops and my entire camera gear, I had the back-ups in a different place on an external HD so in essence I concur with what historian has to say. Sometimes we have to be better prepared.
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When Burglars came around to my house they got in the back bedroom. They took one look around and said to themselves....lets get out of here...someone already burgled the place
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Historian and Quad, you both make excellent points which I shall bear in mind. :thumb:

Zed!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
 
When Burglars came around to my house they got in the back bedroom. They took one look around and said to themselves Ar the poor buggers lets give them what we have in the Van they aint got much:D
 
Dear folks,

sorry I need to bring up this thread. There have been many changes and misconceptions since 2009.

1) There is a new port now call eSATAp (eSATA/USB)

2) It is different as compared to the original eSATA found in Seagate FreeAgent, Ranger, Nexstar Vantec.
It can NOW be self powered without external power source.
On a desktop, you can even self power a 3.5" HDD due to the 12v power supply.
Please ensure your HDD/SSD drive supports eSATAp.

3) eSATAp port is backward compatible with USB 2
eSATAp & eSATA CAN be HOT PLUG & HOTSWAP with a Freeware call HotSwap!

4) Implementing eSATAp now SIMPLY requires a Delock desktop bracket.
ZERO drivers, no need for BIOS AHCI tweak or OS registry tweak.
Thus eSATAp can be implemented on MAC, Linux and PC.

5) eSATAp is NOW found in almost 40% of the notebooks out there.
HP, Toshiba, Sony, Lenovo, Acer, Dell, etc.

6) Note that if you want to connect to NAS box with RAID & eSATA port.
You will need a PCI-Express eSATAp card with Port multiplier

7) According to various reviews. eSATAp is STILL faster than USB 3.
This is due to minimal translation and overheads as ultimately it goes to SATA.

More info:
Check out wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESATAp

Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=esatap&aq=f

Cheers
 
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