On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 12:20:56 -0500 Kumar Appaiah <a.kumar@alumni.iitm.ac.in> allegedly wrote: > > 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. Kumar I can recommend Lacie 500 Gig disks - the ones in a black housing, without a power switch. They are quiet, cheap, reliable and don't get too hot. Stay away from the "designed by Porsche" version housed in a silver enclosure which has a power switch at the back. I have one of those and it sounds like a turbo prop aircraft when running. It also has a particularly large power brick (instead of the smaller wall wart used by the other Lacies. I have two, each attached to Slugs running Debian Lenny 24x7. I paid about £70 each for mine. But they are now available for around £60. See http://www.nextag.co.uk/LaCie-500GB-DESKTOP-Hard-568677080/uk/prices-html Mick --------------------------------------------------------------------- The text file for RFC 854 contains exactly 854 lines. Do you think there is any cosmic significance in this? Douglas E Comer - Internetworking with TCP/IP Volume 1 http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc854.txt ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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