Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina, Install a backup storage unit in a Raid 5 configuration, set to back up every day. Cheers Jayanand On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 12:32 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > LUG: > > I've just had my second almost-new Seagate 1T external hard drive die > within a year. Seagate used to be the most reliable. I have several 350 > GB > Seagates that are still going strong after 4 years. I know Seagate bought > Maxtor or Maxtor bought Seagate so maybe they aren't dependable anymore? > It > is under warranty and will be replaced and I had almost everything backed > up, but it is a big nuisance and waste of time to pack this thing up and > ship it in and wait for a new one (plus rescanning all of the slides I have > scanned in the last week and not backed up) :-( > > I know all hard drives fail eventually but which one is the "Leica" of hard > drives? Are there any that are more dependable? Are the 1T's more likely > to > fail than a smaller capacity one? > > Help. > > Tina > > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >