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On Tue, 2006-08-15 at 12:53 -0400, Willie Wong wrote: |
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> Hi all, |
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> I am looking to purchase an external hard-drive for backing up data. |
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> I am looking for something that has >250G capacity (preferably |
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> around 300G so I have room to grow). |
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If you're in US, and there's a Fry's store nearby, here's a Maxtor 500Gb |
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for USD179 |
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http://newspaperads.mercurynews.com/ROP/ads.aspx?advid=32664&adid=3359416&subid=12793331&type= |
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> My big question is whether all those fancy "OneTouch" "OneButton" |
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> things offered by Maxtor/Seagate/etc. would impede the harddrive's |
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> function on linux. I mean, I don't think whatever software they |
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> bundled that allowed them to do "One Touch Backups" would work in |
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> linux, but I would hope those disks can still be mounted as an usb |
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> storage device. Can someone tell me whether that is the case? |
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Yep. i have a sarotech enclosure (www.sarotech.com) for a 2.5in and it |
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has backup software but I don't use it at all. |
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It does not impede upon the functionality of the drive/casing. |
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The button is just a harware button asking the casing to perhaps |
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"initiate" backup with the host/contact the host for backup software |
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etc. |
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The case just functions as a USB external Drive. You're just paying |
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extra for the "button" :-) |
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> Unfortunately, I can't seem to find any offered by brands that I |
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> know (like I mentioend above, Maxtor/Seagate/Buffalo/etc. all have |
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Why not? If you want a cheap one, a 2.5in one selling in |
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Surpluscomputers costs ~USD7-15 and a 3.5in costs between USD20-50 |
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Plug in a Drive and you're good to go. |
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PS : I bought mine 2 years ago (max limit of 300GB due to PCBA in the |
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casing) for USD25 |
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Ow Mun Heng <Ow.Mun.Heng@×××.com> |
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