USB3 External HD

[hoothoot81]

This thread did not turn out how I expected...

Someone make me some suggestions for a 1TB external drive, that will never leave my desk!

Does it need to be/is it better if, it is externally powered?

Its a no brainer for me ive got 5 Western Digital and one of them is a 500gb Passport that been round the world twice and shows no signs of packing in yet!!
This should suit you needs for long long time....http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2TB-Wester...item3f3f78f91f

[bc6]

I'd also recommend Western Digital over other hard drives.

[Patch]

I've got a 500GB (USB2) WD MyBook that has lasted for years. But I also had one crap out on me...

Currently, I'm using a 1TB (USB2) WD Elements that has caused me no problems whatsoever. That's lasted me around 2 years...

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So - external drive - powered or not?

[ZxZDeViLZxZ]

Not powered all the way imo

[ImNoDJ]

In general:

External HDDs that require a power adapter, 3.5" drive, 7200 RPM
External HDDs that are USB powered, 2.5" drive, 5400 RPM

Powered HDDs are big and bulky, USB powered are small and portable.

All SSD drives will eventually become unreadable. HDDs can last an extremely long time, provided you take care of them.

Not to mention 7200 rpm powered drives have faster throughput than 5400 rpm unpowered.

[ImNoDJ]

Yes indeed SSD do slow down as they fill that is a fact.... However I was referring to the fact that moving components wear over time due to the nature of them... Arm on a disk wear because they are susceptible to being toss around and so on.... This causes wear which results in slower read times.... But hey it's not like I've installed hundreds of them in laptops that are put though the paces by large Ag mechanics or that I run SSD drives in everything I own.... Once you have a SSD nothing ever feels

Absolutely none of which proves your assertion about hard drives getting slower. Youre making a claim that you cant support, unless you can provide some data from testing and benchmarks. Whether you feel they get slower is neither here nor there, human perception is insanely faulty and subject to bias.

You are also confusing OS-rot with hard drive speed. An OS will slow down over time, and the hard drive will have to work harder to pull files from a heavily fragmented drive, but these aside the throughput does not change, unless its damaged.

"TL;DR Don't ever trust something beyond 50% with the price of a 480gb SSD being around $180 there's no reason not to use them as they are far superior for shock sustainability."

This is also complete superstition and not supported by facts.

[ImNoDJ]

This thread did not turn out how I expected...

Someone make me some suggestions for a 1TB external drive, that will never leave my desk!

Does it need to be/is it better if, it is externally powered?

It literally doesnt matter what you buy, just buy 2-3 of them.

If you want the cheapest, go for a 5400 unpowered usb3 drive like a WD passport. You can easily pull 4 tracks plus samples off one of these in real time, so they are fine for playing out but they are slower to backup.

If you want larger capacity, go for a 7200rpm powered external usb 3. It will be slightly faster than the 5400.

If you want speed at the cost of capacity go for a SSD drive either internally or in an enclosure.

But whatever you do, buy 2 keep at least one offsite backup.

[ImNoDJ]

In general:

External HDDs that require a power adapter, 3.5" drive, 7200 RPM
External HDDs that are USB powered, 2.5" drive, 5400 RPM

Powered HDDs are big and bulky, USB powered are small and portable.

All SSD drives will eventually become unreadable. HDDs can last an extremely long time, provided you take care of them.

Yep. Ive got 6 year old WDs in one of my servers. Still as fast as the day they were put in.

[ZxZDeViLZxZ]

In correct a properly formatted drive after 2 years of service will not benchmark the same as it did at new... Do I need to good the benchmarks to support this... Where are your supporting documents....

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive


Officially I believe the beliefs is 3-6 years is how long you will get out of a drive before it starts to officially degrade....

A reformatted drive does breathe new life into it.... I think your missing my point that a SSD Is more reliable in a mobile setting and faster even a full SSD drive will be faster then a regular drive.....

http://mobile.serverwatch.com/trends...ical-Disks.htm