Answer by Samuel for Are USB hard drives really reliable enough to backup to?
I have been monitoring backups to USB drives for three years after I noticed too many failures with client's drives. Monitoring the event log on the computer being backed up has been revealing. Even...
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The failure rate of external USB drives can not be compared to internal drives. USB drives fail all the time. You can not expect them to last. They will fail.
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The point of backing up is not to not have failures. Its to not have a failure when you have another failure going on at the same time, and the thing that failed is needed to fix something else thats...
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I've had 2 USB HDD's fail on me in the past. Both due to HDD failure (the USB enclosure is still working; verified by plugging the HDD into another computer). 100% of my failures have been due to...
View ArticleAnswer by TimothyAWiseman for Are USB hard drives really reliable enough to...
I agree with mgjk but to expand on it a little, USB harddrives are relatively reliable. I have had some last for several years. I have had some fail on me, but then that is true of the primary...
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"...part or all of their backup solution." USB HDDs for part of the solution is okay. For all of the solution, it's not a good idea. When you plug in your USB HDD, your entire backup medium is now...
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I've been reading about backup solutions and have come across a number of people saying they use a USB external hard drive as part or all of their backup solution. Are USB hard drives really...
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