Re: 2TB USB hard drive for backing up
Am Samstag, 21. April 2012 schrieb tv.debian@googlemail.com:
> 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,
> but still fast) for that purpose, in raid1. No complains. I have had
> disastrous experiences with WD 2TB drives (those "green" monstrosity).
> I use gpt partition table, with LUKS and RAID without trouble.
Two of them with 1,5 TB still running as RAID 1 on the workstation at
work.
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