[ale] Need a big external drive quick. Suggestions?

[Benjie]

Before you drop a 750 GB drive in an external enclosure, I would
verify that its chipset can support a drive that big. That being said,
 I have used a small ( in size) Linux server running software raid for
the same purpose.  Its not the best in size ( or economy,)  but it
should be a reliable solution given your constraints.

Benjie

On 6/1/06, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer at gmail.com> wrote:
> All,
>
> I need to copy off about 700 GB of data from a server Saturday night
> (overnight, hope its done by Sunday morning).
>
> I thought about buying one of the new Seagate 750 GB drives and
> putting it in a USB 2 enclusere, but I'm afraid that with filesystem
> overhead etc. it won't be big enough.
>
> My next thought was a Lacie 1 TB external unit but some of the reviews
> at Amazon are not so good.
>
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/B0001R041M/ref=cm_cr_dp_pt/104-6988910-3467137?%5Fencoding=UTF8&n=172282&s=electronics
>
> Anybody have any suggestions?  Perfect would be something I could pick
> up a Fry's etc.
>
> Alternatively I should be able to order something overnight out of
> California still tonight.
>
> Thanks
> Greg
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> The Norcross Group
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