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<blockquote data-quote="krs" data-source="post: 1849106" data-attributes="member: 67742"><p>Seems that the 500 GB version of that San Disk portable is actually the "sweet spot".</p><p></p><p>I personally still use spinner drives for back up rather than the more expensive SSD's</p><p>Don't need the read/write speeds of an SSD, I just reviewed articles comparing reliability and that seems to be a wash especially if the drive is not subject to a shake, rattle and roll environment and spinner drives tend to give some warning before they fail whereas SSD's don't.</p><p></p><p>It all also depends on the back up strategy - I tend to back up only once a week or so using SD, so my backup drive is just sitting idle for the week.</p><p>Different story if one uses time machine or regular incremental back up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="krs, post: 1849106, member: 67742"] Seems that the 500 GB version of that San Disk portable is actually the "sweet spot". I personally still use spinner drives for back up rather than the more expensive SSD's Don't need the read/write speeds of an SSD, I just reviewed articles comparing reliability and that seems to be a wash especially if the drive is not subject to a shake, rattle and roll environment and spinner drives tend to give some warning before they fail whereas SSD's don't. It all also depends on the back up strategy - I tend to back up only once a week or so using SD, so my backup drive is just sitting idle for the week. Different story if one uses time machine or regular incremental back up. [/QUOTE]
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