[Hidden-tech] A few external drive questions

[Kiernan Gulick-Sherrill]

Adam,

Carbonite is still excellent for single computer backup. Backblaze is also
a solid option.

For network attached storage, if your router has a USB attachment you could
purchase a single large external and connect it to that.  That said,
redundancy is always better.  I encourage folks to look at Synology or
Buffalo NAS devices. They are easily upgradable and modular.  The 2 disk
versions I would recommend setting up in RAID 1 (mirror)  which requires 2
large drives (2x8tb drives to have 8tb storage).  The 4 disk versions you
can setup with 3 or 4 drives in a RAID 5 array, the RAID 5 setup means you
effectively get to make use of 2/3 of the total disk space of all the 3-4
disks combined  (aka 3x6tb Drives would net you 12gb of storage), you get a
little speed increase but also redundancy (can lose one disk and still
run).  The ability to increase the drive size down the line in boxes like
this is really valuable, I know people still making good use of older
synology and buffalo NAS enclosures with newer larger drives.

Of course systems like that are a bit more expensive, but often well worth
it in the long run!

Hope that helps!

Thanks,

Kiernan Gulick-Sherrill

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On Sat, Jun 13, 2020 at 11:13 AM Adam Bauer via Hidden-discuss <
hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> wrote:

> Hello fellow HT’ers,
> I have three questions, and while I know these are occasionally covered
> here, I am asking them from my current perch because a) I’ve been digging
> through my HT email archives and can’t find relevant recent responses, and
> b) I know things and technology changes, so I am trying to stay current.
>
> 1) I’m having issues with my Apple Time Capsule no longer doing
> auto-backups (and being too small now, in any case), so I need to find a
> preferred external drive (4TB or larger) to set up for wireless, automatic
> Time Machine backups. What are people loving for Mac-happy 4-8+ TB external
> drives these days that can be set up for wireless data transfer?
>
> 2) As far as Cloud-based auto-backup services—for a single computer, less
> than 10-20 TB—is Carbonite still a (or the) fave?
>
> 3) A local vendor who will take the 2 dozen old external drives I have
> (with various inputs and outputs) and consolidate ALL the info onto one new
> drive, and help me find a good way to trade-in the old ones and/or donate
> them to a good cause?
>
> I know I was in contact (via this list) in recent 2-4 years with a
> well-recommended someone re: #3, but regrettably cannot for the life of me
> find that email thread!
>
> Many thanks, and hoping all are staying safe in these weird times.
>
> Adam
>
>
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