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rowan · 12-28-2006, 11:29 AM

I came across these when browsing my local PC shop pricing list... holy crap, they're cramming a lot of data onto those things these days!

Is anyone using these? Are you concerned about the potential for losing a shitload more data if there's a mechanical failure? I'm considering using a couple of these for long term backups, maybe one inside the PC "full time" and another as an removable external drive.

The only catch is the per gig price. I'd be paying a premium to save a bit of space and electronics when a cheap software controller could stripe two lower capacity (and cheaper per gig) drives. 2 x 400Gb is about 25% cheaper than 1 x 750Gb.

12-28-2006, 11:29 AM
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	Anyone using 750Gb drives? I came across these when browsing my local PC shop pricing list... holy crap, they're cramming a lot of data onto those things these days! Is anyone using these? Are you concerned about the potential for losing a shitload more data if there's a mechanical failure? I'm considering using a couple of these for long term backups, maybe one inside the PC "full time" and another as an removable external drive. The only catch is the per gig price. I'd be paying a premium to save a bit of space and electronics when a cheap software controller could stripe two lower capacity (and cheaper per gig) drives. 2 x 400Gb is about 25% cheaper than 1 x 750Gb.