Quiet backup solution?
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Quiet backup solution?
Hi, guys. I'm looking for a quiet but reasonably speedy (so I actually use it regularly) way to back up my PCs. I have one 37+120GB PC, one 320GB, and soon will have a laptop w/a 160GB drive, so total storage space should be 640GB+. This is a fairly new aspect of computing for me, and a lot of what I found's sort of old, so I'd really appreciate suggestions. Thanks!
Well, to be simple, you could get a single WD6400AAKS. 640GB, high density, silent.
Its also very cheap. Only $85 shipped at www.newegg.com.
And don't forget, formatting. You actually have
320+160+120+37=637GB
637-6.25%*=597.2GB.
This means that the other single drive will be just a few mb's extra over your other 4.
Seems like a good choice to me.
*6.25% is an estimate of formatting losses. Actual losses are just a tad higher. Also note that losses isn't really the right word. There never was 640GB on the drive, but hard drive manufacturers count gigabytes as 1000MB instead of the realistic 1024MB.
Its also very cheap. Only $85 shipped at www.newegg.com.
And don't forget, formatting. You actually have
320+160+120+37=637GB
637-6.25%*=597.2GB.
This means that the other single drive will be just a few mb's extra over your other 4.
Seems like a good choice to me.
*6.25% is an estimate of formatting losses. Actual losses are just a tad higher. Also note that losses isn't really the right word. There never was 640GB on the drive, but hard drive manufacturers count gigabytes as 1000MB instead of the realistic 1024MB.
I can recommend the Western Digital My Book, World Edition 1tb. It's an NAS, and very quiet. Since it is composed of two 500 gig drives, it can be configured as a 1tb volume or 2x 500gig. Also comes with software for remote access and backup.
Be warned that transferring over 100 base-T is very slow, so you can't be in a rush to backup or retrieve anything unless you have gigabit networking or use the USB2 or firewire port. I believe there's a model with e-sata too.
Be warned that transferring over 100 base-T is very slow, so you can't be in a rush to backup or retrieve anything unless you have gigabit networking or use the USB2 or firewire port. I believe there's a model with e-sata too.