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Subject: [Leica] Seagate
From: kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:24:18 -0500

Tina,

Have you looked at the drobo? (www.drobo.com).  I am using redundant
external drives, but this looks a lot simpler.

Ken

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org [mailto:lug-
> bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Tina Manley
> Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 2:02 PM
> To: lug at leica-users.org
> Subject: [Leica] Seagate
> 
> LUG:
> 
> I've just had my second almost-new Seagate 1T external hard drive die
> within a year.  Seagate used to be the most reliable.  I have several
> 350 GB Seagates that are still going strong after 4 years.  I know
> Seagate bought Maxtor or Maxtor bought Seagate so maybe they aren't
> dependable anymore?  It is under warranty and will be replaced and I
> had almost everything backed up, but it is a big nuisance and waste
> of time to pack this thing up and ship it in and wait for a new one
> (plus rescanning all of the slides I have scanned in the last week
> and not backed up) :-(
> 
> I know all hard drives fail eventually but which one is the "Leica"
> of hard drives?  Are there any that are more dependable? Are the 1T's
> more likely to fail than a smaller capacity one?
> 
> Help.
> 
> Tina
> 
> Tina Manley
> www.tinamanley.com
> 
> 
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