Re: external drive
- From: Aragorn <aragorn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 02:25:23 +0200
user wrote:
Greetings
I'm looking into a purchasing an external USB drive
to put PCLinux OS on it and the use it with a different computer
to boot from it.
Should that be powered by USB or direct power is better ?
In theory, if the PSU in your system is adequate enough, this shouldn't
really matter, but the ones I know of all do come with their own power
supply. The advantage of having the device use a dedicated power supply
means less strain on your computer's power supply during boot-up.
What brand/model would you recommend ?
Most of them will do just fine, but I would recommend one that has two disks
in RAID 1 configuration. It may be a little more expensive than a single
disk unit, but at least your data are safe(r). I believe LaCie, among
others, has such external storage systems.
Some of those units also have drive swap bays and thermal monitors - much
like on the better NAS units - that take regular SATA disks, which makes it
easier to replace a broken disk and rebuild the array.
Will I have troubles using it in Europe where power is 220V ?
I'm in Europe myself and all of the devices I know of, even the entry-level
LaCie "Lego Brick" USB drive that I bought for my ex-fiancée - and she
lives in South Africa, which also has ~220V - come with EU-approved power
supplies, with the proper wall socket plug for your country.
There will of course still and always be devices - for whatever the broader
term of the word "devices" might be, ranging from cellphones to automobiles
and beyond - that are available to the US market only and are thus geared
to being used inside the US only, but thankfully manufacturers outside of
the USA are aware of the existence of the rest of the world. ;-)
--
Aragorn
(registered GNU/Linux user #223157)
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