Re: 2TB USB hard drive for backing up

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Subject: Re: 2TB USB hard drive for backing up
From: "tv.debian@googlemail.com" <tv.debian@googlemail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 21:45:20 +0200
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On 21/04/2012 18:36, Sian Mountbatten wrote:

I am going to buy a big USB hard drive to backup films, music and
photos. In fact, I might backup the system (at least, the list of
packages installed).

Anybody out there tried a 2TB USB hard drive? What did you use as filing
system. I am intending to use ext4. Any comments?

Hi, I use seagate's ST2000DL003-9VT1 (it's some kind of "eco" drive, butstill fast) for that purpose, in raid1. No complains. I have haddisastrous experiences with WD 2TB drives (those "green" monstrosity).

I use gpt partition table, with LUKS and RAID without trouble.

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