[mac4theblind] Re: external storage devices
- From: David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 08:41:46 -0400
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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Kliphton Senior
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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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>>>> To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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