[GTALUG] Portable Backup Drive Compatible with Linux (and Recommended Backup Software)

William Park opengeometry at yahoo.ca
Wed Feb 1 12:06:30 EST 2017


On Wed, Feb 01, 2017 at 11:37:04AM -0500, Brad Fonseca via talk wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I am in the market for a new portable hard drive in order back up my
> files on my Linux system (running Mageia 5.1). My requirements are:
> 
> - Reliable
> - Portable
> - Price Under $100
> - at least 500 GB in size
> - USB-powered (I don't want to have to deal with plugging it in)
> - no additional software included (an empty file system without having
> to immediately reformat the drive if possible)
> - Fast file transfer and retrieval rates (SSD with USB 3.0?)

You have 2 options here:
    - buy preassembled external drive (I recommend this)
    - get drive and enclosure separately and assemble yourself.


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