[conspire] external storage recommendation

[Tony Godshall]

NAS should be faster?  USB3 is pretty fast.  But don't trust just one.
Backup to two, or a raid1 mirror of two.


On Thu, Sep 23, 2021, 9:55 AM paulz at ieee.org <paulz at ieee.org> wrote:

> A couple years ago, when I last bought a laptop, I thought .5 TB SSD was
> huge.
>
> Now I have returned from a trip with a camera has a .5 TB memory card.   I
> didn't fill the card, but the photos will exceed the remaining space on the
> laptop.
>
> Obviously I need an external drive of some sort.
> USB interface would be simple, but probably slow to transfer videos.
> NAS should be faster.  Some models advertise automatic backup and other
> fancy stuff.  Might I have difficulties with that software and  Linux
> machine?  Or multiple machines?
>
> Comments?
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