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Re: Our office LAN backup has just hit 3 TB

From	"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Subject	Re: Our office LAN backup has just hit 3 TB
Date	2016-10-19 05:20 +1100
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"Lynn McGuire" <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:nu5mg0$73h$1@dont-email.me...
> Our office LAN backup has just hit 3 TB (as the hard drives manufacturers 
> rate TB).  I freshly formatted the backup drive on the CRM file server 
> last Thursday.  We have less than 1 TB left of free space on it after a 
> full backup over the weekend (took 3 days to refill the back hard drive).
>
> I've been buying 6 TB external drives for over a year now.  The three 
> internal backup drives are all 4 TB.  Looks like I will need to replace 
> them in a year or so.  I would prefer 8 TB over 6 TB though even though 
> they are $100 more.
> 6 TB:
>     https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Desktop-Hard-Disk-Drive/dp/B013HNYVCE/
> 8 TB:
>     https://www.amazon.com/Red-8TB-Hard-Disk-Drive/dp/B01BYLY4DM/

The Seagate STDT8000300 8TB can be weirdly variable in price here,
and I got mine for only about $50 more than the 6TB, not clear why.

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Our office LAN backup has just hit 3 TB Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2016-10-18 12:35 -0500
  Re: Our office LAN backup has just hit 3 TB "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-10-19 05:20 +1100
    Re: Our office LAN backup has just hit 3 TB Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2016-10-18 15:52 -0500
      Re: Our office LAN backup has just hit 3 TB "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-10-19 15:26 +1100

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