Completely Restarting my Storage Solution

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filmismymedium

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After hearing all the horror stories from people about cheap crappy drives failing on them, I've decided to spend my next paycheck on some new bulletproof drives. Ive always been a Lacie man and never had any problems but as time goes on I worry I may lose my sensitive data.

Here is my game plan.


For Editing: CalDigit 1TB FireWireVR External hooked via FW800

For Secure Storage: Buffalo DriveStation Duo 1TB 2-Disk via FW400 or USB (Setup as RAID 1)

I'd like to see some people's opinions on CalDigit vs. G-Tech.

Also, any Buffalo owners who'd like to chime in, I'd love to hear your experiences with these drives.
 
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I'd opt for the CalDigit....here's why.

You can buy extra drives and swap them out and not need to buy a new case. You can configure them Raid 0, Raid 1, or just as two separate drives...and...this is the biggie...you can stripe two or more together and NOT suffer performance loss. G-Tech, Lacie, Dulce systems, OCW...ALL other firewire Raid 0 drive solutions lose performance when you daisy chain them. They go from 70MB/s down to 16MB/s. Only the Firewire VR doesn't suffer from that.

I have the OLDER G-Raids that don't do that, only the G-Raid 2's have that issue. But, I have the Firewire VR and like it....I'm sticking with it.
 
Cool. Yea I was glad I found the CalDigit Drives. They seem a bit more professional and the ability to expand is a big plus.

Anyone have any thoughts on the Buffalo drives. I've heard good and bad things. Originally I was just going to raid two lacie 500gig drives together as a mirrored set for backup purposes but the Buffalo seems a lot more stable as a stand-alone raid package.
 
I use the Macgurus 4 Bay Hot Swappable enclosure. I have been very happy with it, and the price is pretty reasonable. Check it out if you're interested...

LINK
 
Thanks Kevin. I'll check these drives out. Do you think its cheaper to just buy the enclosure from them and buy the drives somewhere else?

any other HD thoughts people?
 
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