External HDD for History

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Originally Posted by Dkt01

I agree with your dad that a drobo is overkill. It's a great device, but if you only have 50GB of data, you'd be wasting space. I would suggest a simpler RAID system if you're worried about handling over the years. My Book Mirror Edition or My Book Studio Edition II. Your choice should be based on if you use Macs or PCs and what your budget is. I tend to lean toward Western Digital, but other brands are good, too.

A RAID system sounds nice though I haven't had too much experience with a external HDD RAID system. The My Book's seem nice, though just a bit overkill (1 TB?).

I use a Mac, but seeing as this is for the future member of my club, it should probably be able to be used on both Windows and Mac.

Originally Posted by sportzkrazzy

Instead of having the drive be portable why not set up a sever that you can log in to and pull files from it no matter where you are.... that is as long as you have internet.

Originally Posted by Zholl

dropbox has some plans for 50 and 100 gigs if you're willing to pay a monthly subscription ($10-20 per month)

I thought about putting it online too, but that really wouldn't be easy to browse or search easily. Especially with large picture and HD video.

Originally Posted by Zholl

or, if you or someone else happens to have an extra drive laying around somewhere you could always try one of these hard drive enclosures. they're pretty cheap without the drive

I think my dad actually has one of those, though the RAID idea sounds pretty neat.

I'll have to do some research on external HDD with RAID.

Thanks
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