Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 13:11:02 -0700 From: Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> To: Toomas Aas <toomas.aas@raad.tartu.ee> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using external USB2.0 HDD for backup Message-ID: <452D4FD6.8060801@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <452D4B70.5080103@raad.tartu.ee> References: <452D4B70.5080103@raad.tartu.ee>
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Toomas Aas wrote: > Does anyone have good experience using external USB 2.0 HDD for backup > with FreeBSD 6? Yes. I have a 250GB Seagate drive inside a Vantec NexStar3 USB enclosure and it works quite well -- the performance is slightly worse than the raw drive specs, but at 25 MB/s transfer rate it's certainly good enough for backups. More details: http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2006-01-28-vantex-nexstar3.html Colin Percival
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