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Best external hard drive for reliability

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  • 21-01-2017 8:35pm
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    Botched_Job
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭


    Hi all, I want to get a 2TB external hard drive as a secondary back up for pics/vids. I don't really care about speed or cost, just want to make sure I get the most reliable thing out there. I've been trawling reviews & studies for days & it's a minefield. Thought the good people of boards won't lead me astray!

    Thanks


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    #2
    K.O.Kiki
    Registered Users Posts: 18,703 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki


    tl;dr No external HDD is a one-stop back-up solution.

    You're better off with external HDD + cloud-saving.


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    ED E
    Registered Users Posts: 36,167 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Disks are expected to fail. They're like tyres on your car, even a light driver will eventually wear em down.

    External HDDs should only be used for caching/moving data. Buy a NAS and sign up for an offsite if you care about your data.


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    SickBoy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,527 ✭✭✭SickBoy


    If cost isn't an option then consider getting an external SSD.
    Much more robust solution when considering an external drive.


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    Zagato
    Registered Users Posts: 1,775 ✭✭✭Zagato


    Yes, backup needs to be on at least 2 drives, ideally on and off site.
    You can get a couple of Synology NAS drives if you have another location to keep one and they will automatically back up to each other, or get one and connect it to a cloud service like amazon.


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