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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 15:26 +1100
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"Lynn McGuire" <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:nu620v$iqq$1@dont-email.me...
> On 10/18/2016 1:20 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>
>>
>> "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.
>
> I am going to stay with WD drives for now.  They are "good enough".

Haven't had one for many years now. I went with the Seagate hoping it might
be a Samsung now that Seagate had bought out the hard drive operation.

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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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