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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/