Desktop vs Portable external drives
Nov 21, 2021 15:15:33 #
The advantage of an external drive that plugs in for power is that it does not draw power from your computers power supply, so it depends how large your power supply is in the computer and what else is plugged into it drawing power. Otherwise, external drives that are powered through the USB connection are fine.
Nov 21, 2021 15:41:15 #
Nov 21, 2021 15:56:44 #
NormanTheGr8 wrote:
There's always Cloud backup
Cloud backup should be a tertiary backup at best, secondary at least.
Primary and secondary should be local, which allows for file retrieval without using the internet, which is much more expedient.
Many use the cloud as a catastrophe backup in case any local fails to allow a restoration.
Nov 21, 2021 16:01:54 #
barryg wrote:
The advantage of an external drive that plugs in for power is that it does not draw power from your computers power supply, so it depends how large your power supply is in the computer and what else is plugged into it drawing power. Otherwise, external drives that are powered through the USB connection are fine.
If you have your computer on a UPS, don't forget to plug the 120v external drive adapter into the UPS protected side also.
That way if power goes down during a backup, one has a better chance of not corrupting the external drive data during a power outage/glitch.
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