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On Wed, Jan 01 2014, Daniel Frey wrote: |
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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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Thank you dan. I didn't realize there was no on-off switch. But I |
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assume it (or the driver/controller) will spin it down after prolonged |
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idleness. |
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Also from seagate are "back plus" drives. The documentation I found on |
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the seagate site was scanty, but I am guessing they are the same as the |
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expansion plus some windows/mac software that I won't use so I was |
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planing on saving the $10. I wonder if they have power switches. |
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Here are the prices seagate lists for some stores (cheapest shown). |
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Backup |
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Expansion Plus |
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1TB 80 90 |
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2TB 100 110 |
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3TB 120 130 |
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4TB 170 180 |
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I am leaning toward the 2TB. |
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Again thanks for the information. |
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allan |