Re: [OT] Hard disk recommendation for NSLU2

[Alan Snelgrove <alansnelgrove@mac.com>]

Hi Karma,

I am using a Western Digital Passport (Essential) 320 GB.
http://www.westerndigital.com/en/products/products.asp?DriveID=391

It is expensive, but as it is USB powered there is no extra power brick,
cable, socket, etc required.

My Slug just stands on the drive; it is very neat, and almost silent.

Alan

On Sep 2, 2008, at 7:20 PM, Kumar Appaiah wrote:

> Dear Debian arm users,
>
> I managed a successful installation of the armel Debian GNU/Linux on
> my slug, but it lasted only a day, since the hard disk failed and I
> could not recover several files which were necessary for the
> system. I have, therefore, decided to look at a fresh hard disk.
>
> The market of external hard disks is overwhelming, and I was just
> wondering if you could, based on your experience, suggest anything to
> consider (or NOT consider) when it comes to the brand or make of the
> hard disk. I am looking for external hard disks, not necessarily
> portable, in the 250GB (or much more) range. The primary use of the
> disk is with the Slug running Debian for data storage, but I want to
> try out some other things (like running light servers) on it.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Kumar
> --
> Kumar Appaiah