Hard Drive Size
Feb 1, 2020 07:54:13 #
I recently read an online article about backup hard drives, and it offered a formula for deciding what size to get. Multiply your data by two and round up. Then double that. If you have 1.3 GB of data, that becomes 2.6, which rounds up to 3 TB. That seems reasonable since you'll have room for more than twice the data you currently have to backup. Of course, you never want to fill a hard drive, but my backup drives are less than half full, so I'm content.
If I were outfitting a new computer, I would install a minimum of a 4 TB drive for data, with an SSD for the OS and programs. That's what I have in mine, and it's sufficient.
If I were outfitting a new computer, I would install a minimum of a 4 TB drive for data, with an SSD for the OS and programs. That's what I have in mine, and it's sufficient.
Feb 1, 2020 08:32:52 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I recently read an online article about backup har... (show quote)
Agreed.
I had a 1Tb drive (less than half full, it started to fail, I replaced it with a 2Tb drive, but that was a couple of years ago. If I did it today, I'd put in a 3 or 4 minimum.
Feb 1, 2020 09:08:00 #
mas24
Loc: Southern CA
jerryc41 wrote:
I recently read an online article about backup har... (show quote)
I agree. It's better to have more than less, even if you will not use all the data storage. My first backup drive was 500gb. Nearly twice the storage than my first HDD laptop. My second and current laptop, has a 500gb HDD. I bought a 1 TB backup hard drive for that one. I doubt if I could ever fill up a 4 TB backup hard drive. Backup hard drives, and internal HDDs and SSDs, are not very expensive anymore. As they were just a few years ago. So, the more backup storage, the merrier. You won't break the bank.
Feb 1, 2020 09:15:11 #
Since I can no longer edit my post, I'll make the correction here. Double your data requirements and round up. That's all. Don't double it again.
Feb 1, 2020 09:16:49 #
mas24 wrote:
My first backup drive was 500gb.
I bought an IBM XT computer years ago, but I didn't want the standard 10 MB drive, so I ordered it without a hard drive and bought a larger - 20 MB drive. Yes, that's MegaBytes.
Feb 1, 2020 09:23:55 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I bought an IBM XT computer years ago, but I didn't want the standard 10 MB drive, so I ordered it without a hard drive and bought a larger - 20 MB drive. Yes, that's MegaBytes.
I was TOTALLY elated when I upgraded to a 20Meg drive!!! Whoo-hoo!
Feb 1, 2020 11:22:50 #
mas24
Loc: Southern CA
jerryc41 wrote:
I bought an IBM XT computer years ago, but I didn't want the standard 10 MB drive, so I ordered it without a hard drive and bought a larger - 20 MB drive. Yes, that's MegaBytes.
I don't know if this guy was telling me the truth. But, he said he paid $80 for a 512 megabytes CF memory card in the early 2000s. I paid $17.99 for a Lexar 4gb Class 4 SD card in 2009. I still have that SD card. I bought a SanDisk Ultra 32gb Class 10 SD card for $11.50 last December.
Feb 1, 2020 11:26:36 #
mas24 wrote:
I don't know if this guy was telling me the truth. But, he said he paid $80 for a 512 megabytes CF memory card in the early 2000s. I paid $17.99 for a Lexar 4gb Class 4 SD card in 2009. I still have that SD card. I bought a SanDisk 32gb Class 10 SD card for $11.50 last December.
He probably was. Prices were very high when the cards & drives were first introduced, then went down rapidly. My first 20Meg drive way back then was over $250. (Late 80s or early nineties.)
Feb 1, 2020 12:51:18 #
mas24
Loc: Southern CA
Longshadow wrote:
He probably was. Prices were very high when the cards & drives were first introduced, then went down rapidly. My first 20Meg drive way back then was over $250. (Late 80s or early nineties.)
Having a digital hobby back in those days was expensive. Then, I have to say he was telling the truth. With you paying $250 for a 20 Meg drive, 3 decades ago.
Feb 1, 2020 13:27:58 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I recently read an online article about backup har... (show quote)
I think I'm good for a while, I have 14 TB!
Feb 1, 2020 17:00:40 #
speters wrote:
I think I'm good for a while, I have 14 TB!
At least a week!
Feb 2, 2020 10:41:04 #
My iMac PRO has a 1TB SSD and two directly attached Thunderbolt drive systems (8TB and 16TB) On my network I have an additional 100TB (yes, 100TB) plus of mostly photo storage. Seems like enough for now! Best of luck.
Feb 2, 2020 11:19:53 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I recently read an online article about backup har... (show quote)
Are you using a Windows computer or an Apple (iMac) ?
Feb 2, 2020 11:56:01 #
Picture Taker
Loc: Michigan Thumb
I have 2 8TB for as taken pictures and 2 8TB for final, finished pictures could have used 6TB fo final... I use 2 hard drives as I used one 10 yeas ago and it failed. Now all is 2 times.
Feb 2, 2020 11:59:10 #
Yes, it is a big pain to upgrade Hard Drives and all their backups. Plan ahead. Good advice.
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