Gord, by "Redundency," do you mean RAID configuration, or simply multiple backups on multiple media? Kevin On Aug 1, 2012, at 5:31 PM, Gordon Kent wrote: > Well I've had bad luck with Hitachi but I think that every drive can have > issues and there is no one foolproof solution. Redundancy is your best > friend. > Gord > > -----Original Message----- From: D!J!X! > Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 3:26 PM > To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Backup drives > > I believe he said segate? I've personally had bad experiences with them; > would probably choose 1 of the other major 3, wester digital, samsung or > hitachi, but that's my personal opinion. > > Regards, D!J!X! > > -----Original Message----- > From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Kevin Gibbs > Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 1:48 PM > To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [ddots-l] Backup drives > > A while back, there was a discussion on backup drives for archiving critical > data. I seem to remember Bryan mentioning "Enterprise Class Drives. Does > anyone remember the drive Bryan recommended? > Thanks, > Kevinr > > Sent from my iPhone > PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! > To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > and in the Subject line type > unsubscribe > For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately > following link: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or send a message, to > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq > > > PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! > To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > and in the Subject line type > unsubscribe > For other list commands such as vacation mode, > click on the immediately following link: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or > send a message, to > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > and in the Subject line type > faq > PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! > To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > and in the Subject line type > unsubscribe > For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately > following link: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or > send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > and in the Subject line type > faq > PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type unsubscribe For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq