[Thinkpad] Portable HD

[Allan Ballard]

I am looking at alternative backup methods, mainly at use of DVD's or an
external drive.

One question comes to mind that perhaps someone can answer?

How reliable over time are remote drives that have been in storage?

I ask because I stored a Thinkpad drive in a safe place once upon a time
only to find that it had failed when I tried to use it.

Thanks.

Allan Ballard

-----Original Message-----
From: thinkpad-bounces at stderr.org [mailto:thinkpad-bounces at stderr.org] On
Behalf Of James H. E. Maugham
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 8:41 PM
To: 'Jon Kelly'; dmacq at erols.com
Cc: thinkpad at stderr.org
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Portable HD

Jon Kelly scribbled on Wednesday, April 04, 2007 8:28 PM:

> On 4/4/07, Donald MacQueen <dmacq at erols.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Why are the ethernet versions of these enclosures so -much- more
>> expensive? 
>> 
> Because they require an embedded OS to manage the read/write
> activity. As opposed to a directly attached device which
> let's the host OS manage contentions.

As well as a power source . There's no handy 5V DC that can run a 2.5" HD on
a CAT5 cable.

James

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