External Hard Drives
LaCie Have a suitable range of removable hard drives. I have read some negative reviews including a technical one criticising their 'bridging circuit boards'.
Maxtor Have used these over many years with great reliability.
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Maxtor Drives that have USB and/or Firewire connection
Maxtor One Touch III, 200Gb, 300Gb, 500Gb USB
Maxtor One Touch III, 200Gb, 300Gb, 500Gb Firewire 400 & USB
Maxtor One Touch II, 200Gb, 300Gb, 500Gb Firewire 800, 400 & USB
Maxtor One Touch III, 300Gb, 500Gb Firewire 800, 400 & USB
Maxtor One Touch III, Turbo 600Gb & 1000Gb Setup with Raid 0 for video editing, Raid 1 for disk mirroring and fail safe protection. {600Gb - AUD600 1000Gb AUD1000 }
Maxtor Drives that connect to your local network
my experiences with Maxtor Shared Storage.
Maxtor Shared Storage Plus, 200Gb, 300Gb, 500Gb , Connects to local network for backup and storage from any computer on the network. Provides: Automated Back Up, Media Streaming, Access files from any networked PC and MAC. 10/100 Ethernet RJ-45 port connection, Wizard interface creates privacy levels for shared folders. Exclusive Drag and Sort™ feature for automatic file organization. Exclusive Simple View™ feature provides quick backup and storage status for all users. 2 USB ports for connecting and sharing printers and additional hard drives. (Details from Maxtor website).
Note: Have installed 3 of these now, not without some problems. One site is reporting lost documents from the workstation being backed up. At another site with several workstations accessing the backup log has been impossible for some user backups. The log is vital if an incomplete or failed backup is reported.
Maxtor Shared Storage II, 300Gb and 500Gb , Connects to local network for backup and storage from any computer on the network. {Available Australia October 2006}.
Maxtor Fusion Connects to local network for backup and storage from any computer on the network.
Maxtor Shared Storage II, 1000Gb Connects to local network for backup and storage from any computer on the network. N31R010 {AUD1120} New Release 2006.
Comment from an online review:
Reviewer: A electronics & photo fan
What is sometimes not highlighted with this Firewire drive is the fact that it has 2 x IEEE 1394 interfaces at the back, along with the USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 compatible interface. and thus supports multiple logins. i.e. the drive has an Oxford 911 chipset that allows for concurrent access for more than one server at a time, the disk and its partitions can be seen by more than one server at any one time.
We use this drive for shared storage between 2 servers and find it great for the price.
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