Right, I would like you guys thoughts on using external hard drives to store files.
The data i would be stored wont be needed everyday, most likely only needed to add more data onto the drive. I am thinking that external hdd is the best route to go,I would use it when i wanted to say watch a film on the drive, connect up to a HTPC, but I am concerned about lets say for instance, me getting a 500 gig external hdd, fillling it with a years worth of downloads, (its been about 37 days and Ive clocked up about 50 gig worth of downloading) and then it fails, where is the back up for this ? I worry about losing it all, and what a waste it would be.
How would I solve this ? getting two 500 gig externals, and coping the same onto each, like mirroring ?
I would apprieciate all your views on this,
thank you
The data i would be stored wont be needed everyday, most likely only needed to add more data onto the drive. I am thinking that external hdd is the best route to go,I would use it when i wanted to say watch a film on the drive, connect up to a HTPC, but I am concerned about lets say for instance, me getting a 500 gig external hdd, fillling it with a years worth of downloads, (its been about 37 days and Ive clocked up about 50 gig worth of downloading) and then it fails, where is the back up for this ? I worry about losing it all, and what a waste it would be.
How would I solve this ? getting two 500 gig externals, and coping the same onto each, like mirroring ?
I would apprieciate all your views on this,
thank you