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Want to thank elwaylite, glen242, KAB, MikeD-CO5, and Navychop for being my instructors on EHD 101. Today I learned a great deal, 99% of which was new. Glad I asked before shopping. I appreciate your taking the time to reply and give me your advice.
Do the names look or sound the same?
The model numbers are different. The mind verily boggles.
You would do well to distinguish between the various My Book models. There are at least seven of them as well as assorted capacities.
For those who can't find Western Digital's website, there are two different My DVR Expanders:
1. eSATA (1TB, 500GB)
2. USB (500GB)
The eSATA version would certainly be a bad choice for a DISH Network receiver.
I have decided I need to use the Seagate 1.5 as a backup for my new PC, so I will not be trying it out as an EHD.
Thanks harshness,
Knowing the difference between #1 and 2 would be important to me. Thanks for distinguishing the eSATA. Additionally, I am glad about the choices of MyBook models. Will research them on WD site.
You could put any SATA II drives you want. You can configure it with RAID 1 so you wouldn't have to worry about a drive failure. 
Np. It depends on what you want to do. If you can accept the risk that you may (eventually) have a failure and loose data (shows), then most drives are fine. I agree that Seagate drives have lost their way in recent years.
If you want to almost eliminate the risk of data loss, then the RAID 1 solution would be something to look at. The drives would mirror each other. In the event of a drive failure, you would replace the bad drive and set the mirror back up. The data would survive on the good drive.
The RAID solution is hardware based, so it will be transparent to the DISH unit. It will cost more as well, so thats something to consider. If you want a single drive. then "my books" and usb drives would work well.
If you have questions, please ask. I'd be happy to help.
If you want to almost eliminate the risk of data loss, then the RAID 1 solution would be something to look at. The drives would mirror each other. In the event of a drive failure, you would replace the bad drive and set the mirror back up. The data would survive on the good drive.
The RAID solution is hardware based, so it will be transparent to the DISH unit. It will cost more as well, so thats something to consider. If you want a single drive. then "my books" and usb drives would work well.
If you have questions, please ask. I'd be happy to help.
I wasn't exactly shopping around for a HDD, but when looking for a tuner card I saw this.
Dell Coupons and Dell Coupon Code
They have a 20% off storage ( HDD ) that expires today and 15% off accesories that expires Oct 31, 2009. Its one or the other. I added a 1 TB mybook to the cart and it was about $107 with free shipping.
Newegg has it for about the same price, but maybe you could play around with the discounts and get something better.
Dell Coupons and Dell Coupon Code
They have a 20% off storage ( HDD ) that expires today and 15% off accesories that expires Oct 31, 2009. Its one or the other. I added a 1 TB mybook to the cart and it was about $107 with free shipping.
Newegg has it for about the same price, but maybe you could play around with the discounts and get something better.
How does that work for backing up a drive. Do you put two empty drives in and have to setup the RAID, or does it do it itself.
One drive is just like a mirror right?
One drive is just like a mirror right?
@ navy chop
You might also want to consider this...
Newegg.com - Western Digital My Book Mirror Edition 2TB USB 2.0 Black External Hard Drive WDH2U20000N - External Hard Drives
I didn't realize that WD also had a raid 1 solution. Its 2 x 1 TB drives so configured as raid 1, it will give you 1 TB or storage.
You might also want to consider this...
Newegg.com - Western Digital My Book Mirror Edition 2TB USB 2.0 Black External Hard Drive WDH2U20000N - External Hard Drives
I didn't realize that WD also had a raid 1 solution. Its 2 x 1 TB drives so configured as raid 1, it will give you 1 TB or storage.
I couldnt resist the redundancy, just ordered the My Book 2tb mirror from amazon.
I missed those when I bought the 1tb, or woulda picked one up.
Gonna put my 500gb and 1tb drives in the classifieds now
I missed those when I bought the 1tb, or woulda picked one up.
Gonna put my 500gb and 1tb drives in the classifieds now
