DeepSpring
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I have a cheap 250gb drive that I don't trust very much and it gets super duper hot after a little bit of use. I want to get 2 new drives so that I can mirror it and it will be safer and then every now and then plug in my current drive and back up everythign onto that.
I was reading all the reviews for the western digital and seagate 500gb drives.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136025
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148235
and as far as I can tell they are both big names, good reputations, and same price. Since I can't decide which one would be better I was thinking why not just get 1 of each? If there is something that would somehow cause one drive to crash, and the back up is a different brand, it might not affect it. If anyone has any reason why I shouldn't I'd like to hear
Would mirroring them make it any harder have two different brands? I haven't set anything like that up before so I don't lknow yet the steps.
Thank you
I was reading all the reviews for the western digital and seagate 500gb drives.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136025
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148235
and as far as I can tell they are both big names, good reputations, and same price. Since I can't decide which one would be better I was thinking why not just get 1 of each? If there is something that would somehow cause one drive to crash, and the back up is a different brand, it might not affect it. If anyone has any reason why I shouldn't I'd like to hear
Would mirroring them make it any harder have two different brands? I haven't set anything like that up before so I don't lknow yet the steps.
Thank you