[plug] Linux and External Drives

[Rob Davies]

On 12/10/2005, at 10:03 PM, 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).

Firewire for DV use only.
Check Caddy on system similar to yours capturing from your camera  
before purchase as I have had issues with some for DV use. Now I  
purchase complete manufactured external HD devices from LaCie no such  
issues and they can be utilised in a Raid array with multiples over  
Firewire.

Cheers!
`Rob...