[plug] Linux and External Drives

[Chris Caston]

On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 07:36, Walter Hill wrote:
> 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. :-(
> 

Make sure they are held securely inplace case someone gets clumsily.
HD's as a rule don't survive being dropped and if they do backup
everything and replace the drive anyway. 
> 
> 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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