Best drive for long term back up.
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Best drive for long term back up.
Given that Ransomware solutions suggest not leaving backup drives plugged in, I'm hesitant to fit an internal drive, however the 2 1/2 in there now I'm pushing way past its sel by date.
I thought a Winchester Red might do the job. Slow but statistically a safer drive. I'll then back up via USB to other devices.
For ages, my W10 PC has an SSD divided into C and D, the working drives are the little one divided into E and F. C of course is devoted to the OS.
I thought a Winchester Red might do the job. Slow but statistically a safer drive. I'll then back up via USB to other devices.
For ages, my W10 PC has an SSD divided into C and D, the working drives are the little one divided into E and F. C of course is devoted to the OS.
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As suggested above, I would consider a decent WD drive.
I moved onto WD in the early 2000's when the Raptor was released & I've yet to have a WD drive fail prematurely, I can't say the same about most other contenders though (IBM/Hitachi, Maxtor, Seagate....). Never used Fijitsu / Toshiba so know nothing about them.
I moved onto WD in the early 2000's when the Raptor was released & I've yet to have a WD drive fail prematurely, I can't say the same about most other contenders though (IBM/Hitachi, Maxtor, Seagate....). Never used Fijitsu / Toshiba so know nothing about them.
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It took me a moment.For long term storage of family photos etc., Red seems a good option. I suppose the question is, being designed for RAID etc., is there any reason why one should not use it in an ordinary PC?.
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Cost & warranty.
Red doesn't have a significant performance advantage over Blue, but costs twice as much for the same capacity, plus a 3 year warranty rather than 2. If you aren't using a RAID 1 or 10 array but want a higher performance, note that the WD Black costs about the same as the Red, but has higher performance and a 5 rather than 3 year warranty. You pays your money...
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Red doesn't have a significant performance advantage over Blue, but costs twice as much for the same capacity, plus a 3 year warranty rather than 2. If you aren't using a RAID 1 or 10 array but want a higher performance, note that the WD Black costs about the same as the Red, but has higher performance and a 5 rather than 3 year warranty. You pays your money...
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