From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 7 17:58:40 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6799E16A402 for ; Wed, 7 Feb 2007 17:58:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from infofarmer@gmail.com) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.238]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DEA613C4B9 for ; Wed, 7 Feb 2007 17:58:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from infofarmer@gmail.com) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id s18so231912wxc for ; Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:58:39 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=CzlO/UikpACpiOdm16oXuMaIWbrT6YsGhGvkpOeqt4XmZUIKvwZtz0hc7nD6dRECj0VM1H8en/WpomY3IPGiHPIcZ2nMqRFGDT/s/PjN7JQdg6VlxJ/iWZXUC0Tbf4oBdAVLAxavFIZnoG5PBVAyedQSlQBG2J7GiRGlDC2u6Kc= Received: by 10.78.149.13 with SMTP id w13mr201456hud.1170871085518; Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:58:05 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.164.20 with HTTP; Wed, 7 Feb 2007 09:58:05 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 20:58:05 +0300 From: "Andrew Pantyukhin" Sender: infofarmer@gmail.com To: Fluffles In-Reply-To: <45CA1107.1020609@fluffles.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <1170861895.87827.8.camel@localhost> <45CA1107.1020609@fluffles.net> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 59763d92c11c3a11 Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, rsh Subject: Re: External HDD X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 17:58:40 -0000 On 2/7/07, Fluffles wrote: > rsh wrote: > > Hi > > > > For backup purposes, i need removable HDD, connected through USB or > > Fireware > > > > I'm really impressed by Transcend solution and would like to use their > > Transcend 1.8" Portable HDD 20 GB, USB 2.0 > > It takes power directly from USB. > > > > Did somebody have success with this device? > > > > If it is a bad idea, any suggestions for External HDD ? > > > > Thanks > > > > Why would you want 1,8" ? That is very small indeed, but very limited as > well and expensive. You might as well buy a 2,5" (notebook) drive with > enclosure, that would just be recognised by FreeBSD as USB mass storage > device (umass) and works perfectly with me. Also most 2,5" enclosures > allow for USB power so only 1 cable is needed; though often they provide > an additional power supply if you use a 7200rpm drive which uses a lot > of power. My advice: go for Samsung 5400rpm drives they are very > power-efficient and still quite fast. 1.8"? 2.5"? I have a Sarotech Hardbox enclosure for 3.5" drives and I prefer using Seagate drives inside. Dropped and hit it countless times, on numerous occasions people would bet I lost the data but I have yet to see a single bad block. Granted, its size requires a separate pouch, you can't stuff the thing into a pocket, but it has potential for 1Tb of data ;)