stable and reliable 2TB HDD ?

2011-06-27 23:35:41

#1

prototype: Member; +52|6566

I am looking to consolidate all of my digital media onto one drive,
I need at least 2TB that I can load and store for as long as possible without accessing it.

never had a drive larger than 750GB before so I need some advice on which of the large capacity ones last the longest etc

thanks for any info

2011-06-28 02:44:44

#2

Cheez: Herman is a warmaphrodite; +1,027|6694|King Of The Islands

All of today's hard drive brands have exactly the same failure rate. If you want reliability, use RAID 1.

/retailer

My state was founded by Batman. Your opinion is invalid.

2011-06-28 02:48:37

#3

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6408|what

Are you going to use a SSD?

2011-06-28 03:14:11

#4

Varegg: Support fanatic :-); +2,206|7065|Nårvei

I would never store all my "stuff" on just one drive, that's hazardous ...

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2011-06-28 03:24:59

#5

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6856|132 and Bush

Varegg wrote:
I would never store all my "stuff" on just one drive, that's hazardous ...

This.

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2011-06-28 04:38:44

#6

jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6777|...

Kmar wrote:
Varegg wrote:
I would never store all my "stuff" on just one drive, that's hazardous ...
This.

2011-06-28 06:21:38

#7

Benzin: Member; +576|6253

Cheez wrote:
All of today's hard drive brands have exactly the same failure rate. If you want reliability, use RAID 1.

/retailer

you mean redundancy

2011-06-28 08:55:19

#8

killer21: Because f*ck you that's why.; +400|6846|Reisterstown, MD

Varegg wrote:
I would never store all my "stuff" on just one drive, that's hazardous ...

This 100 times over.

2011-06-28 09:04:12

#9

Kimmmmmmmmmmmm: ©; +1,811|6252

jsnipy wrote:
Kmar wrote:
Varegg wrote:
I would never store all my "stuff" on just one drive, that's hazardous ...
This.

2011-06-28 12:56:37

#10

gurdeep: +812|5010|prolly

hey do you guys think its ok to store all of my stuff on one drive?

2011-06-28 13:21:50

#11

prototype: Member; +52|6566

I prefer to use a regular jard drive as opposed to the SSD or doing a raid config

I plan on keeping all my other drives so I have multiple copies of the "stuff"
I just need a single large capacity drive to keep it all together for easy travel and backup etc

is there a certain brand/size HDD that you guys would recommend for this purpose ?

thanks for all the replies

2011-06-28 13:35:14

#12

jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6777|...

mirroring raid you can pull one drive out and use it independently

I like the WD caviar black drives, size per your requirements.

2011-06-28 20:24:21

#13

prototype: Member; +52|6566

jsnipy wrote:
mirroring raid you can pull one drive out and use it independently

I like the WD caviar black drives, size per your requirements.

thanks man,
i am looking for low cost, as are most college students

2011-06-28 20:31:13

#14

Kimmmmmmmmmmmm: ©; +1,811|6252

i like the small western digital drives for portability(just a usb drive is needed)
my 2 tb lacie looks like it will withstand a fire but it's prolly just a show-case.. that's very heavy and stylish

i never install the software they come with. is that bad? i just 'plug and play' hehehehehehe

2011-06-28 20:31:18

#15

jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6777|...

something like this then ... http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-E … amp;sr=8-1

2011-06-28 20:33:30

#16

Kimmmmmmmmmmmm: ©; +1,811|6252

jsnipy wrote:
something like this then ... http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-E … amp;sr=8-1

yeah that one is more quiet than the lacie - more low key and cheaper. i have the 2tb it's nice.

2011-06-28 22:10:02

#17

prototype: Member; +52|6566

thanks guys

2011-06-29 01:11:33

#18

Varegg: Support fanatic :-); +2,206|7065|Nårvei

coolstorybro wrote:
hey do you guys think its ok to store all of my stuff on one drive?

Sure ... and the older the drive the better, HDDs tends to age like wine

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2011-06-29 01:14:00

#19

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6856|132 and Bush

Kimmmmmmmmmmmm wrote:
jsnipy wrote:
something like this then ... http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-E … amp;sr=8-1
yeah that one is more quiet than the lacie - more low key and cheaper. i have the 2tb it's nice.

I had two external lacies die on me in less than 6 months.

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2011-06-29 01:18:04

#20

Winston_Churchill: Bazinga!; +521|6994|Toronto | Canada

ive had 2 last me over 3 years so far with plenty of abuse. hard drives are pure luck, other than specific batches theres really no difference from one brand to another.

its not like lacie makes the drives anyway, i believe mine are samsung drives inside

2011-06-29 01:23:04

#21

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6856|132 and Bush

Good to know I'll stay away from Samsung now as well..lol
Consumer experience it always going to be the foremost determining factor of purchases. Right or wrong. The simple fact is that if I bought a third one and it failed relatively quickly I'd have to slit my wrist.

Did you guys ever see that massive study about HD's a couple years ago with Google?

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2011-06-29 01:29:54

#22

Shahter: Zee Ruskie; +295|7030|Moscow, Russia

no, save me some time searching by posting a link?

on topic: i was using seagate drives almost exclusively at home for many years now. in the past it definitely was "seagate and everything else" on the market of hdd's, but, admittedly, seagate is getting worse by the year now. at work we use all kinds if drives, and i'd surely advise against samsung. mixed results with wd and hitachi.

so, to conclude: i'd still prefer seagate, tbh, even though it's not as rock solid as it used to be in the past.

if you open your mind too much your brain will fall out.

2011-06-29 01:32:21

#23

Winston_Churchill: Bazinga!; +521|6994|Toronto | Canada

hard drive fanboyism is kinda silly. i have 3 separate samsung drives in my room, 5 WDs and a seagate or two. the only ones that have failed on me are 2 WD ones and one samsung laptop drive but that would never make me want to switch from using either company.

2011-06-29 01:33:19

#24

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6856|132 and Bush

http://is.gd/cETUSV

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2011-06-29 01:35:57

#25

Shahter: Zee Ruskie; +295|7030|Moscow, Russia

Winston_Churchill wrote:
hard drive fanboyism is kinda silly.

it's not "fanboyism", really. my conclusions come from experience working with the number of drives that won't probably fit in your room at all.

if you open your mind too much your brain will fall out.

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