Equipment for hdd enclosures for backup: removable vs. USB 2.0 external?

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I have decided to ditch my DDS-3 tape backup as the demands in my home
network are just too great, in light of kids and wife keeping movies and
TV shows. I will be starting from scratch and my thoughts are somewhere
along the line of RAID1 for a hard drive failure and an additional hard
drive for whole network backup, presently about 130GB's including my
wife and daughter's computers. I was pleased to discover that Acronis
True Image 7.0 backed up an image over my home network, and it even
worked when I did a test restore, so I will use that as my backup solution.

Now, the issue is a hard drive and whether to use a swapable enclosure
with additional trays for drives (for that I thought I would use a SATA
drive, as they are apparently hot-swapable and I have SATA connectors on
my ASUS P4PE mb) or an external USB 2.0 enclosure and swap drives in
that. The three options are : 1, a "permanent" hdd in my computer (reco
for 200-250GB hdd?), 2, a swapable enclosure with additional trays for
hdds (which equipment? Vantec? Kingwin? is there a heat issue with the
drives being enclosed? is this a better solution than 1 because of being
able to swap drives?) or 3, a USB2.0 external drive (which one? Mace
Group? others? how restrictive is the data transfer rate with USB2.0
compared to a hdd connected to the mb directly? is this an inferior
solution compared with #2?

Thanks. I look forward to the replies.

Ken K
 
Ken Krone said:
I have decided to ditch my DDS-3 tape backup as the demands in my home
network are just too great, in light of kids and wife keeping movies and
TV shows. I will be starting from scratch and my thoughts are somewhere
along the line of RAID1 for a hard drive failure and an additional hard
drive for whole network backup, presently about 130GB's including my
wife and daughter's computers. I was pleased to discover that Acronis
True Image 7.0 backed up an image over my home network, and it even
worked when I did a test restore, so I will use that as my backup
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solution.

Acronis is where many of us are heading.
Now, the issue is a hard drive and whether to use a swapable enclosure
with additional trays for drives (for that I thought I would use a SATA
drive, as they are apparently hot-swapable and I have SATA connectors on
my ASUS P4PE mb) or an external USB 2.0 enclosure and swap drives in
that. The three options are : 1, a "permanent" hdd in my computer (reco
for 200-250GB hdd?), 2, a swapable enclosure with additional trays for
hdds (which equipment? Vantec? Kingwin? is there a heat issue with the
drives being enclosed?
YES!

is this a better solution than 1 because of being
able to swap drives?)
Yes.

or 3, a USB2.0 external drive (which one? Mace
Group?
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Power and size make USB less attarctive than trays. Trays go into a really
good shock protected case much better. However USB can plug in most
anywhere.
others? how restrictive is the data transfer rate with USB2.0
compared to a hdd connected to the mb directly?
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Probably not a major factor for backup.
is this an inferior
solution compared with #2?
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I use trays.
 
Thanks, Ron. I am sure that you do not remember but you had "tutored"
me years ago through my SCSI years. Thanks for your continued info.

Ken
 
Thanks, Ron. I am sure that you do not remember but you had "tutored"
me years ago through my SCSI years. Thanks for your continued info.

Ken
 
Thanks, Ron. I am sure that you do not remember but you had "tutored"
me years ago through my SCSI years. Thanks for your continued info.

Ken
 
Thanks, Ron. I am sure that you do not remember but you had "tutored"
me years ago through my SCSI years. Thanks for your continued info.

Ken
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Jezuz - once is enough.


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You are correct, except that my browser told we twice that there had
been an error in sending the message...
 
You are correct, except that my browser told we twice that there had
been an error in sending the message...
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Get Mozilla.


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* If it moves, tax it.
* If it keeps moving, regulate it.
* If it stops moving, subsidize it.
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Utterly clueless, as always.
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You really are a prick. That's because you suffer from a justifiable
inferiority complex.


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Map Of The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy:
http://www.freewebs.com/vrwc/

Government's view of the economy can be summed up in a few short phrases:
* If it moves, tax it.
* If it keeps moving, regulate it.
* If it stops moving, subsidize it.
--Ronald Reagan
 
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