i.e. this one:
http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/6736252/T ... oduct.htmlAnyone knows what make the drive is? My other Toshiba 320 has a Western Digital. Now I hear Toshiba bought Fujitsu, is that gonna make a difference?
Basically I want an external HD, but:
I don't want a drive in a plastic case
I don't want a drive with a fan
I don't want a drive that powers off a few minutes after last access because this will lead to a *lot* of stop/start cycles and I think they damage the bearing smore than continuous operation
I don't want a drive with a power supply like a house brick
I don't want a drive that uses a Seagate mechanism
I don't want a Maxtor Basics cause they contain Seagate and they stop/start.
I don't want a LaCie because they contain Seagate, have plastic cases or have PSU like house bricks..
I don't want a Western Digital MyBook because they MIGHT stop/start all the time
I'd maybe like a drive that will do internal raid, and I mean true only mirrored - not any of that striping shit that means I can't just pull the drive and slap it in a normal computer if there is a problem. I'll buy 2 disks and mirror it in software if it's not possible in hardware USB enclosures. I actually have a lacie bigdisk extreme enclosure that will hold 2 drives - can this be put into mirrored mode?
I think it's currently striped
So can anyone recommend a drive that meets all the above, in 1TB+ capacity?