Comments on: The fastest and most reliable backup drives (via Twitter!)

By: Lewis King

Lewis King — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 22:42:49 +0000

Ryan, did she get one in the end? If so, I think we’d all like to know which!

By: Domsparks

Domsparks — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:48:34 +0000

An important factor is that the new macbook & macbook pro DO NOT HAVE FIREWIRE (although the macpro has FW800) Even if your sis has an older model, it’s probably worth getting a drive with a USB2 interface, so that the drive will remain usable if she ever updates to a newer mac…

By: Chris O'Donnell

Chris O'Donnell — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 05:40:46 +0000

Has nobody mentioned G-Technology? I figure they’re the all-round best. A summary of what you interpreted all this (contradictory) tweetage would have made the article more complete, but nevertheless cool information.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:00:41 +0000

@ Adrian Parker – Why do you say that? It was a really interesting bit of information and I thought you all might benefit from it.

By: Adrian Parker

Adrian Parker — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:07:57 +0000

I like the Carsonifed blogs, don’t get me wrong, but blogging a Twitter thread is setting a new low, bro.

By: Alex Hardy

Alex Hardy — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:56:38 +0000

… I wouldn’t touch Western Digital … avoid Western Digital “MyBook” products like the plague … Personally prefer Western Digital … Avoid MyBooks … WD MyBook is great …

Funny, but the Twitter replies demonstrate that (on the web at least) you’ll get as many different answers as people you ask – probably ending up more confused than when you started!

By: James Kirkup

James Kirkup — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:31:16 +0000

it’s got to be a mix for me, Lacie for desktop backup and Western Digital for portable storage!

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:33:45 +0000

I am using an usb 2.0 Maxtor One Touch, 750gb. It’s not so fast, but I found it perfect for time machine backups. Obviously a Firewire drive is better, but it’s more expensive.

By: Chris Coyier

Chris Coyier — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:36:32 +0000

If reliability is of the absolute utmost concern, no single hard drive is safe unfortunately. Probably way overkill for most regular sisters, but the Drobo is the best of breed:

http://www.drobo.com/

By: d

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:57:09 +0000

To the people who claim USB 2 is faster than Firewire: Stop spreading misinformation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FireWire#Comparison_to_USB

By: Andrew Pryde

Andrew Pryde — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:56:47 +0000

I have got the eSATA My Book 500GB. I have no complaints so far. Thanks for the backup hint though spaulds1. Andrew

By: John Sjölander

John Sjölander — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:14:36 +0000

Hey! Good summary. Hope your sister got the right thing.

/@pd0

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:59:04 +0000

Hi Ryan,

I went out and bought a time capsule at the weekend. Now it is my business, the prospect of losing all this data on a train doesn’t fill me with joy. So far it’s been a dream, so if your sis has a mac, I would suggest one.
USB 2 is faster than standard Firewire (hence it being dropped on new Macbook Pro’s) so she’ll be fine with that if she goes with a wired drive.

Dan
twitter.com/dangriffey