> On Wed, 2010-01-13 at 16:46 +0000, Jonathan Allen wrote: >> I'd like to buy a 1.5Tb (or so) external USB disc drive to use for backup >> from my main file server. Most of the ones I see around seem to say that >> they want Wondiws something - is that necessary or meaningful? Should I >> just be able to plug it in and use it? Do I need to partition and format >> it, or will it just work? I use a pair of Wiebetech ToughTech FS drives: http://www.wiebetech.com/products/toughtech.php There are two models. Each has USB, eSATA and FireWire. The ToughTech FS has IEEE 1394a (FireWire 400) while the ToughTech XE has 1394b (FireWire 800). I wanted the multiple interfaces so that if I needed to recover a backup, I would have the ability to hook it up to just about anything. I leave one connected to my Fedora box, and the other in a safe deposit box at my bank. One a week or so I swap them. I make all my backups to a partition on my internal drive, then rsync that partition to the ToughTech. That makes it more convenient when I swap the drives - I don't have to make two trips to the bank. I should cop to the fact that Wiebetech is a former client of mine. Don Quixote -- Don Quixote de la Mancha quixote@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.dulcineatech.com Dulcinea Technologies Corporation: Software of Elegance and Beauty. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
