[plug] Linux and External Drives

[Walter Hill]

I use Addonics Combo caddies at work.

http://www.addonics.com/products/external_hdd/combo_hd.asp

They are not cheap but I've found them to be quite reliable - I have
about 10. I'm using USB and 1394 cables with mine. I use them under
Linux and Windows without any problems. My only recommendation is that
if you leave one on the desk overnight with a brand new hard drive in it
make sure that the roof doesn't leak. :-(


On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 22:03 +0800, Michael Hunt wrote:
> Hiya all,
> 
> Just wondering what people's opinions are on external USB drives as
> opposed to Firewire. I recently became the owner of a digital video
> camera along with a daughter (the later resulted in the former not the
> other way around) and already I can see myself chewing up lots of HDD
> space. Looking at office works site I see that they have quite a good
> price ($199) on a Maxtor 200GB USB drive :-
> 
> http://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/catalog/sku.asp?ID=INMA200GBE&LEVEL=SK&PR=Q70&SID=1UB6CG8B7AA38G4NFJVQQQT457BFFWF0
> 
> I know I can pick up a USB/Firewire external caddy and drive from Austin
> (about $90 for the caddy and anywhere from $75 to $230 depending on what
> HDD I buy).
> 
> Price wise the Maxtor comes in much better per GB, but I do like the
> flexibility that the combo unit would offer. (The use would mainly be
> for video editing storage/backup, I have enough drive space on my
> iBook/workstation for actually doing the editing. Both machines have
> firewire and occasionally I may use USB to copy files onto the server
> machine).
> 
> Can anyone give me info on experiences with Maxtor's external drive (is
> it crap?) with Linux? Pros/cons of USB drive over firewire (everything
> is USB 2.0).
> 
> Michael Hunt
> 
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