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1TB External Hard Drive for Time Machine Back up?
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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1844886" data-attributes="member: 190607"><p>I <strong><em>VERY STRONGLY</em></strong> disagree with this. There are plenty of studies on the Web that offer guidance on the differences between internal rotating disk hard drive mechanisms, and some of those differences are quite large:</p><p><a href="https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-stats-for-2019/" target="_blank">https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-stats-for-2019/</a></p><p></p><p>But that isn't even what I feel makes the difference if we are talking about <em><strong>external</strong></em> hard drives. The difference is in the cases and electronics of external hard drives. A few years ago when rotating disk hard drives (RDHD) got really huge, at about the 1TB mark, the internal mechanisms started to run a lot hotter (requiring more cooling) and they require more power (necessitating bigger power supplies.) Most external hard drive manufacturers just slapped these newer, bigger, mechanisms in the same old external cases not adapting the cases to the demands of these new drives...with disastrous results. If you check around, you will find that it is hard to find <strong><em>any</em></strong> external RDHD's that are reliable. </p><p></p><p>The most notoriously unreliable <em><strong>external</strong></em>(note that I'm not talking about internal drives here) RDHD's come from Western Digital, Seagate, LaCie, and Iomega. </p><p></p><p>What's good? Surprisingly few products. But these stand head and shoulders above all the others.</p><p></p><p>If you want something reasonably priced, that is decent, go with:</p><p></p><p>Other World Computing Mercury Elite Pro</p><p><a href="http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/1394/USB/EliteAL/eSATA_FW800_FW400_USB" target="_blank">OWC Mercury Elite Pro: Production-Grade External Hard Drive</a> </p><p><a href="https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/owc-mercury-elite-pro" target="_blank">OWC Mercury Elite Pro</a></p><p>(You may need an adapter cable to go with the drive you choose, depending on which Mac you have.)</p><p></p><p>If you want "the best" external hard drive, without having to pay an outlandish price (but you are willing to pay a bit more to have the best), I highly recommend a Glyph drive.</p><p></p><p>Glyph</p><p><a href="http://www.glyphtech.com/" target="_blank">Glyph Production Technology | External Hard Drives</a></p><p><a href="https://www.glyphtech.com/product/studio" target="_blank">Studio | Glyph</a></p><p><a href="https://www.glyphtech.com/product/blackbox-pro" target="_blank">https://www.glyphtech.com/product/blackbox-pro</a></p><p></p><p>Amazon offers them at a good discount:</p><p><a href="http://is.gd/6rLM1d" target="_blank">http://is.gd/6rLM1d</a></p><p></p><p>Other sources:</p><p><a href="http://www.sweetwater.com/store/manufacturer/Glyph" target="_blank">http://www.sweetwater.com/store/manufacturer/Glyph</a></p><p><a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=Glyph&N=0&InitialSearch=yes&sts=ma" target="_blank">http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=Glyph&N=0&InitialSearch=yes&sts=ma</a></p><p>(They can become back ordered pretty quickly. Glyph drives are tremendously popular.)</p><p></p><p>They also show up on EBay occasionally:</p><p><a href="http://is.gd/nE2a2A" target="_blank">http://is.gd/nE2a2A</a></p><p></p><p>Glyph drives come with a 3-year warranty that includes advance replacement during the first year and it also includes data recovery services for 2 years!</p><p></p><p>I've known hundreds of users who have used Glyph drives over the past few years, and I've only heard from two people who have had one fail. That's a stunning record.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1844886, member: 190607"] I [B][I]VERY STRONGLY[/I][/B] disagree with this. There are plenty of studies on the Web that offer guidance on the differences between internal rotating disk hard drive mechanisms, and some of those differences are quite large: [url]https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-stats-for-2019/[/url] But that isn't even what I feel makes the difference if we are talking about [I][B]external[/B][/I] hard drives. The difference is in the cases and electronics of external hard drives. A few years ago when rotating disk hard drives (RDHD) got really huge, at about the 1TB mark, the internal mechanisms started to run a lot hotter (requiring more cooling) and they require more power (necessitating bigger power supplies.) Most external hard drive manufacturers just slapped these newer, bigger, mechanisms in the same old external cases not adapting the cases to the demands of these new drives...with disastrous results. If you check around, you will find that it is hard to find [B][I]any[/I][/B] external RDHD's that are reliable. The most notoriously unreliable [I][B]external[/B][/I](note that I'm not talking about internal drives here) RDHD's come from Western Digital, Seagate, LaCie, and Iomega. What's good? Surprisingly few products. But these stand head and shoulders above all the others. If you want something reasonably priced, that is decent, go with: Other World Computing Mercury Elite Pro [url=http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/1394/USB/EliteAL/eSATA_FW800_FW400_USB]OWC Mercury Elite Pro: Production-Grade External Hard Drive[/url] [url=https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/owc-mercury-elite-pro]OWC Mercury Elite Pro[/url] (You may need an adapter cable to go with the drive you choose, depending on which Mac you have.) If you want "the best" external hard drive, without having to pay an outlandish price (but you are willing to pay a bit more to have the best), I highly recommend a Glyph drive. Glyph [url=http://www.glyphtech.com/]Glyph Production Technology | External Hard Drives[/url] [url=https://www.glyphtech.com/product/studio]Studio | Glyph[/url] [url]https://www.glyphtech.com/product/blackbox-pro[/url] Amazon offers them at a good discount: [url]http://is.gd/6rLM1d[/url] Other sources: [url]http://www.sweetwater.com/store/manufacturer/Glyph[/url] [url]http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=Glyph&N=0&InitialSearch=yes&sts=ma[/url] (They can become back ordered pretty quickly. Glyph drives are tremendously popular.) They also show up on EBay occasionally: [url]http://is.gd/nE2a2A[/url] Glyph drives come with a 3-year warranty that includes advance replacement during the first year and it also includes data recovery services for 2 years! I've known hundreds of users who have used Glyph drives over the past few years, and I've only heard from two people who have had one fail. That's a stunning record. [/QUOTE]
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