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external hdd recommendations, 1tb or larger...
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 1:00 pm
by sarbin
subject says it all.
what do you have? / what do you like or dislike?
tia.
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 1:31 pm
by gongo2k1
is this for daily use with large transactions or is this just for regular backups/long-time data storage?
what interface are you looking at? firewire/usb or are you looking for nas?
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 1:36 pm
by sarbin
backups & storage.
usb2.0, preferably. could do firewire. not interested in nas.
thx.
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:36 pm
by sarbin
anyone?
Western Digital 1TB My Book World Edition
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 4:44 pm
by aagha
To say that I like mine would be an understatement:
Product page here:
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=347
It's a network attached storage with it's own Linux OS. There's a lot of hacks, including a vibrant hacking community here:
http://mybookworld.wikidot.com/
Not to mention turning into a web server, ssh client, torrent downloader, etc:
http://home.unitedtelecom.be/ut6226214/ ... ldedition/