Best choice for external backup

[DerHof]

Need some mass backup external storage... 8-10TB.

Basically to just be loaded up and put in the safe only to be taken out to update. I'll fill at least one so it should never be touched again unless bad things happen.

What are the recommendations these days? I've always been a WD/Seagate user. I see brands like Lacie and G-Technology on Amazon but know nothing about them....

[Crunchy Dragon]

Seagate makes NASs which sounds like something you'd be looking for, although those are pretty pricey.

[emosun]

HGST enterprise drives. I use two. They have 10-12 tb single drives.

Although if it's not running all the time I guess you can use a cheaper seagate or WD drive as it doesn't really matter then.

[seagate_surfer]

LaCie is part of our lineup, they specialize in different drive lines great for purposes like lugging around securely (LaCie Rugged) and fast USB drives (LaCie Porsche). A couple more options you could look into here would be the Seagate Backup Plus Hub or Seagate Expansion as well.

Thanks for considering Seagate, regardless of which route you decide to go in the end!

[TheGlenlivet]

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA6ZP5739836&cm_re=drobo_usb_type_c-_-14P-0010-00050-_-Product

I have one of these.  About as easy as it gets.  AS long as you have usb C or TB3.

[DerHof]

Thanks for the replies everyone.

 

@Crunchy Dragon I already have a Synology NAS... This is for a backup of that.

@emosun Never heard of HGST until now... so is that like a higher end version of WD?

@seagate_surfer Well I have purchased many Seagate drives in the past! I've seen Lacie but didn't know it was a Seagate brand. Security is not an issue though... these will be stored in the fireproof safe :-)

@TheGlenlivet Thanks... but like I said to the dragon I already have a NAS.

 

Yeah, basically looking for externals to replace my existing backup drives.

At the same time here I'm also about to built a new PC so I may get at least one (maybe two) 10TB internal for it to have as even more backup.

[TheGlenlivet]

1 hour ago, DerHof said:

Thanks for the replies everyone.

 

@Crunchy Dragon I already have a Synology NAS... This is for a backup of that.

@emosun Never heard of HGST until now... so is that like a higher end version of WD?

@seagate_surfer Well I have purchased many Seagate drives in the past! I've seen Lacie but didn't know it was a Seagate brand. Security is not an issue though... these will be stored in the fireproof safe :-)

@TheGlenlivet Thanks... but like I said to the dragon I already have a NAS.

 

Yeah, basically looking for externals to replace my existing backup drives.

At the same time here I'm also about to built a new PC so I may get at least one (maybe two) 10TB internal for it to have as even more backup.

Drobo is external.  I'm not sure I understand what you are looking for.

[DerHof]

9 hours ago, TheGlenlivet said:

Drobo is external.  I'm not sure I understand what you are looking for.

Sorry, I misunderstood. I'll saw Drobo and immediately though 'NAS'.

Didn't know this was actually a thing... so instead of an external HDD... this is basically a bank of HDD's that I have the option of setting up in a raid if I choose?

If I install 3 drives does my PC see them as one larger one or 3 individual drives?

Do I have to use Drobo software to access it?

[TheGlenlivet]

3 hours ago, DerHof said:

Sorry, I misunderstood. I'll saw Drobo and immediately though 'NAS'.

Didn't know this was actually a thing... so instead of an external HDD... this is basically a bank of HDD's that I have the option of setting up in a raid if I choose?

If I install 3 drives does my PC see them as one larger one or 3 individual drives?

Do I have to use Drobo software to access it?

It comes with software to access it yes, it automatically sets up the drives in a redundant raid.  Put 3 2TB drives in and you only get say 3.5 TB (don't quote me just estimating) to work with, the rest is used in redundancy.  Add more and it gets bigger.  A drive fails and you replace it with a new one and the system auto rebuilds with no data loss.

I haven't dug too deep into the software so I am not sure if you can use it without the redundancy or not.

[DerHof]

I like it except for the proprietary software part. This should never be an issue but it would be nice if I could simply hook it up to any PC and do everything with Windows Explorer or any syncing program.