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On 01/01/2014 02:07 PM, gottlieb@×××.edu wrote: |
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> I was considering what seagate calls an "expansion hard drive". They |
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> are USB 3, but I will be using only USB 2. The desktop is gentoo-only |
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> and I don't need any backup software from seagate. |
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> The models are STBVx000100 for x=1,2,3,4 TB. |
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> I understand the price capacity trade-off, but wonder if anyone has any |
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> experience with these drives. |
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Hi Allan, |
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I am currently using 11 of these drives (1TB model; STBV1000100) |
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connected via USB doing daily/weekly backups of infrastructure at work. |
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They're specifically used on mostly Windows servers via WSB. |
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They're written to quite often and have been on 24x7 since last January. |
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I did have a problem with one drive a month in but it was replaced and |
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have had no issues since. |
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Keep in mind these have no on/off switch and are literally an expansiond |
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drive, meant to be on all the time. |
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I've performed test restores to a VM and no issues. Performance is OK |
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even on USB2. |
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I have no complaints on these particular models (other than the lack of |
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a power switch), although I really should have purchased the 2TB models. |
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Oh well. |
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Dan |
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