Spec Me: External Wireless Backup Drive

[Valo]

I'm looking for an external backup drive for use with Time Machine, preferably wireless or connectable to a router.

Capacity wise something between 1TB or 2TB as the drive in the MacBook Pro it's going to backup is 128GB SSD.

Any recommendations?

 

[Valo]

You're probably better off going with normal external hard drive and connect it to the router, also cheaper, WD and Seagate drives are decent.

If it's only used for TM backup, 500GB+ should be fine, typically you want minimum 2x the capacity of the internal drive anyway.

I'm only seeing USB 3.0 drives from WD and Seagate. Any ideas for one that can be connected via Cat5 to a router?

 

[Valo]

I'm guessing that's because it's too easy to forget, or just not to bother. If it's effectively always there when the laptop is connected to the network then there's less chance of forgetting to connect it for a backup. Fully automated with no end user intervention is always better.

That's exactly it. I'm just looking for something that can sit on the network to which the MacBook Pro can just backup to when it's connected to the same network, rather than having to make an effort to remember to plug in a drive.