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Re: [LUG] Servers

 

Julian Hall wrote:
> Simon Avery wrote:
>> I'm not sure of the size of removable media nowadays, but you could 
>> always use a hotswap sata caddy that they pop the hdd out of the server 
>> at hometime. Cheap, big, easy to have several to allow tiers of backups. 
>> Downside: Not that good when dropped/chucked. Heavy?
> You can get a USB external caddy SATA or IDE from www.ebuyer.com for 

Very good point, completely forgot about them.

> Question.  If it's going in a caddy does it *have* to be SATA?  If not 
> your choice is much wider.

Sata can be unplugged without the computer being restarted - not sure if 
that's possible with pata?

But yeah - your usb caddy way seems like the better idea, just take the 
whole lot.


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