[Leica] Re: Backups

[jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols)]

Brian,

I use a WD external drive in its own enclosure, and I have never opened the 
enclosure. From a side vent, it appears that there is a cooling fan of some 
kind inside.  Do bare drives, connected by the Vantec gadgets, work ok 
without cooling?

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Reid" <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2007 12:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Backups


>>  That vantec gadget  just plugs into a drive, no enclosure needed?
>
> Yup.
>
>> Talk about simple.
>
> It's not QUITE as simple as it ought to be, because current hard drives 
> need more electricity than a USB connector can provide, so in addition to 
> being plugged into the Vantec gadget, the hard drive also must be 
> connected to a power supply. When you buy the Vantec gadget they include 
> that power supply inside the box, so there's nothing complicated about 
> finding or buying it, but it's one more cord you have to deal with.
>
>
>> Before you pack away your drives in storage, do you catalog the contents?
>
> No. I just record the date, and I write the date on the drive with a 
> laundry pen.
>
>
>
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