[mac4theblind] Re: external storage devices
- From: David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 09:20:13 -0400
per gig so we are into the thousands.
On Oct 8, 2013, at 8:48 AM, Scott Granados <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Should be a couple hundred per gig maybe a bit better if you shop it around.
On Oct 8, 2013, at 8:41 AM, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> I'm not that rich. I need three t just to get off the ground. How much
> would 3t of ssd cost?
>
> On Oct 8, 2013, at 8:40 AM, Scott Granados <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I hear that, I'm done with rotating media myself as well.
>
> On Oct 8, 2013, at 8:34 AM, Edward Redfern <edwardredfern@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I use samsung drives for backups and rebuilds. to me, very reliable. have
>> used seagates and WD's for a while but WD drives these days are (woh, nearly
>> said something shocking) rather nasty…
>>
>> depending on storage needs, performance, etc. samsung 2.5" hdd's do perform
>> rather well. but I've been spoilt by SSD drives and wouldn't go back.
>>
>> lew
>>
>> On 8 Oct 2013, at 13:24, Scott Granados <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> We literally would have smoke poor out of drives or even have flames in
>>> some cases, especially early on. I was running a net news (NNTP) server on
>>> Sun Sparc hardware and we were trying to find a home for 100+ gigs per day
>>> of mostly binaries and pics although we took the full news feed. (over
>>> 32,000 groups) Disk access was so continuous across the whole array it
>>> sounded like white noise almost or tens of computers at full boot hitting
>>> their disks as fast as they could. I was happy to sell off that part of
>>> the business, lots of hardware burn for little money.
>>> On Oct 8, 2013, at 8:07 AM, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> gives a whole new meaning to burning a disc.
>>>>
>>>> On Oct 8, 2013, at 8:04 AM, Scott Granados <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The only thing to watch out with WD is they ship some shady batches at
>>>> times. They are good about replacements though and as mentioned, the
>>>> customer service is quite good. I used to find IBM the best back in the
>>>> day, WD drives would burst in to flames on my news servers, but most would
>>>> do to the seriously high load. Especially for external drives WD is a
>>>> pretty good option.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Oct 8, 2013, at 7:38 AM, Kliphton <kliphton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Never thought I would see this day, but it has come. For once I have to
>>>>> agree with David. Western digital are the best JMO. I have 2 network
>>>>> attached storage devices by them, and 2 external USB hard drives. One of
>>>>> which I am running a copy of mavericks on. And none have ever failed me.
>>>>> Not saying they are perfect, cause nothing is. But my experience with
>>>>> WD has been better than with anyone else’s brand. Great customer service
>>>>> too, and gives 2 to 4 years warrantee on their products depending on what
>>>>> size it is. HTH
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>> From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> [mailto:mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Hilbert
>>>>> Poehlman
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2013 6:30 AM
>>>>> To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: external storage devices
>>>>>
>>>>> H andy,
>>>>>
>>>>> I guess this depends on how much music you have and what the size of the
>>>>> hd in the mbp is. almost all external usb hds are good. you can't go
>>>>> wrong with western digital as a start.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Oct 8, 2013, at 5:08 AM, Mackenzie Andrew (EAST CHESHIRE NHS TRUST -
>>>>> RJN) <andrew.mackenzie4@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi all, I am thinking of transferring my music cooection onto
>>>>> my macbook pro. To safe memory would it be better for me to save this
>>>>> collection on anexternalstorage device? If so can anyone tell me which
>>>>> would be more compatible with the macbook?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> Andy
>>>>>
>>>>> From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> [mailto:mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Hilbert
>>>>> Poehlman
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