-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 jdd sur free wrote:
G T Smith a écrit :
I may be being a bit paranoid but if I went for a HDD based solution it would be a remote server or a caddy based option... my experience with USB based devices does not make me inclined to rely on them for something critically important, they tend to be more likely to go AWOL when you really need them...
?? I use the very same HDD as on usual hardware, and keep the hdd without interface (sort of large usb keys :-))
jdd
Yep... but with the situation that at the device end you usually have a bit of hardware which does a USB -> ATAPI/IDE/PATA/SATA translation... so you have at least one (possibly more) level(s) of translation... with additional power paraphernalia... and all which goes with it... For a laptop or desktop where you have no additional slots one obviously has no choice but otherwise I would look at alternative approaches... With a caddy one just has an ATAPI/IDE/PATA/SATA link to the hardware on your box with no additional wires and other bits and pieces... I am aware that hot plugging a caddy drive may be problematic... (the only real complaint I have had with caddies is for some reason suppliers tend to only supply one caddy per mount unit and they seem to be a little more difficult to get hold of now... ) I am a simple kind of chap that tends to prefer things with fewer things that can go wrong, I rather prefer KISS solutions... - -- ============================================================================== I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone. Bjarne Stroustrup ============================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFH8Nf1asN0sSnLmgIRAvcZAKDZIRjKwkqfpwr+eryefbpiMRJZRwCg0XMc 7vA552OFVKjuizJrkmlQudc= =orwV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org