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Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations?

From	Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations?
Date	2019-02-03 20:30 +0100
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Le 03/02/2019 à 20:05, Alexander V. Makartsev a écrit :
> On 03.02.2019 23:02, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
>>
>> Some 2,5" drives require more current than the 500 mA a USB 2.0 host
>> port can provide. Looking at my own, I read 800 mA, 1100 mA, 580 mA,
>> 451 mA. So only one of them is below 500 mA.

I forgot to mention that fortunately, USB 3.0 is becoming more common 
and allows to draw more current.

>> The PCB can be the same, but it can be equipped with only the
>> controller, PHY and connector required for the destination.
>> No need for an adapter PCB, controller and connectors in the
>> enclosure. Less parts = less assembly cost.
>>
> Can you name a make\model, so I can avoid and don't recommend them,

No, sorry. The last time I opened a disk of this kind was several years ago.

Thread

USB hard drives -- recommendations? "James H. H. Lampert" <jamesl@touchtonecorp.com> - 2019-01-25 18:30 +0100
  Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-01-25 19:10 +0100
  Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2019-01-25 21:10 +0100
    Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-01-25 22:40 +0100
      Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2019-01-29 04:10 +0100
    Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? Ken Heard <ken@heard.name> - 2019-02-06 08:50 +0100
  Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2019-01-25 21:20 +0100
    Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2019-01-25 22:30 +0100
      Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2019-01-25 23:20 +0100
        Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2019-01-27 06:00 +0100
  Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? Peter Ehlert <peter@sdi-baja.com> - 2019-01-26 03:00 +0100
    Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? Jens Holzhäuser <Jens.Holzhaeuser@gmx.net> - 2019-01-26 04:30 +0100
    Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2019-01-26 19:10 +0100
    Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? local10 <local10@tutanota.com> - 2019-02-03 01:30 +0100
      Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? Toni Mas i Soler <antomassol@gmail.com> - 2019-02-03 09:10 +0100
      Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-02-03 10:20 +0100
        Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-02-03 11:10 +0100
          Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2019-02-03 11:30 +0100
            Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-02-03 16:10 +0100
              Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2019-02-03 18:40 +0100
            Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? "James H. H. Lampert" <jamesl@touchtonecorp.com> - 2019-02-03 19:00 +0100
            Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-02-03 19:10 +0100
              Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2019-02-03 20:10 +0100
                Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-02-03 20:30 +0100
                Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2019-02-04 18:20 +0100
          Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-02-03 11:40 +0100
          Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2019-02-03 12:50 +0100
  Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2019-02-06 16:20 +0100

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