Re: New external drive

[Joskin <nospam@thisaddress.please>]

On 15/03/18 00:04, Wolf K wrote:
> I'm looking for another external drive or two. My usual source has both 
> Seagate/Lacie and Western Digital. It looks like 1 or 2TB are the 
> smallest ones these days.
>
> Lacie prices are double Seagate models of same capacity - is Lacie the 
> better quality version of Seagate?
>
> Western Digital models are generally in same price range as Seagate.
>
> Or should I look at other brands? I'm willing to spend up to about 
> $100/terabyte for greater reliability.
>
> All advice and recommendations gratefully received and carefully 
> considered.
>
> Thanks you,
I bought a 2TB WD Elements external USB3 in June 2014. With the 
exception of a few power cuts, it's been switched on 24/7/365. It 
receives two system backups per day plus a small amount of other stuff. 
It's accessed by Windows 10 and Linux Mint 18.3
Can't fault it - I would buy another.
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