[dba-Tech] external hard drive

[Daniel Waters]

Hi Susan,

I use two 2 tb hard drives for backup, and swap them out every week.  Using 3 partitions on each HD this gives me 6 separate weeks of backup files.

A few weeks ago I began having trouble with both cases that the hard drives were in – these were causing errors when the backup files were being created.  This was hard to figure out but trying every combination the cases were the problem.  I suspect some software had an update and that triggered the problem with both cases at once.

I didn’t want to buy two new cases for over $100.  I found a simple cable which just plugs into a bare HD or an SSD, plugs into my PC via USB, and has a power adapter.  The cable is: ‘Neeyer SATA III Hard Drive Adapter Cable for 3.5/2.5 Inch HDD/SSD’.  This cost only $18 on Amazon. There are other similar cables as well.

So – I didn’t have to buy two new cases, I’m only using bare drives, and all works great! Having fewer of hardware pieces in my backup process should end up being more reliable.

Good Luck!
Dan

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Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] external hard drive

Hi Susan

I've never seen such issues with external drives - two of those I have are Seagate.
That said, most of the external drives, we use, are from Verbatim. Neither have any of these failed.

/gustav

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Emne: [dba-Tech] external hard drive

Hi everyone!



My Seagate external drive has developed a short in the wiring and it's difficult to get the files, which is okay - there's little there that's important for all time - mostly work files that I needed to keep for a bit.
I bought a new one, My Passport, and within a few days it was toast. I received a prompt to format the drive. A little research shows this happens with this brand. So, I'm going to return it, but now I'm wondering what I can trust. Would anyone like to recommend a brand?



Susan H.
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