External hard drive ?

[Jeff15]

My external hard drive has stopped working. Any recommendations for a replacement?

 

[jcdeboever]

My external hard drive has stopped working. Any recommendations for a replacement?

Western Digital Red. Mediasonic ProBox K32-SU3 3.5 enclosure. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...DUJ0C&linkId=73eb39cd9dbcf7571fa15dc21653411f

Or usb2
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...HLMAE&linkId=83dd10075faf2d7ffffd6553403ac054

 

[smoke665]

Watching for recommendations as I haven't had good luck with my network cloud drives. I've had two, a Segate and a WD, both cropped out on me.

 

[480sparky]

Buy cheap. Replace often.

 

[jcdeboever]

Reds have the lowest failure rate. Seagate is not a good choice. My hard drive bays are fan cooled.

Toshiba drives are solid too

 

[smoke665]

Reds have the lowest failure rate. Seagate is not a good choice. My hard drive bays are fan cooled.

Toshiba drives are solid too

So what would you suggest for a NAS personal cloud? WIFI access is almost a necessity to access movies and media from the smart TV's .

 

[jcdeboever]

I'm not up on the NAS box's. I just build mine in a super micro case that houses 6 drives (2TB reds). I'm running Linux Slackware. I'm sure there are simpler server OS however or pre built Nas box's.

 

[smoke665]

I'm not up on the NAS box's. I just build mine in a super micro case that houses 6 drives (2TB reds). I'm running Linux Slackware. I'm sure there are simpler server OS however or pre built Nas box's.

I have a couple of older desktop towers from the office, running XP with wifi cards. Would it be feasible to just convert one to a file server? Or to much of a pain?

 

[jcdeboever]

I'm not up on the NAS box's. I just build mine in a super micro case that houses 6 drives (2TB reds). I'm running Linux Slackware. I'm sure there are simpler server OS however or pre built Nas box's.

I have a couple of older desktop towers from the office, running XP with wifi cards. Would it be feasible to just convert one to a file server? Or to much of a pain?

Sure. Just depends how many sata ports are on the mother board.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...e-sharing-feature-to-share-files-in-windows-x

 

[adamhiram]

I've been using Western Digital Elements USB3 external drives for a few years now. I don't know how reliable they are, but they're cheap, fast, and compact, I haven't had any issues in 3 years, and I use 2 of them to be safe. Amazon Basics has some cheap semi-hard cases that work well with them.

 

[BrentC]

Samsung T5 ssd. Very small, very fast (I edit off mine). Great if your traveling as well.

 

[BrentC]

I'm not up on the NAS box's. I just build mine in a super micro case that houses 6 drives (2TB reds). I'm running Linux Slackware. I'm sure there are simpler server OS however or pre built Nas box's.

I have a couple of older desktop towers from the office, running XP with wifi cards. Would it be feasible to just convert one to a file server? Or to much of a pain?

I wouldn't use wifi on your NAS. Wired connection to your router. I also suggest a RAID card. I used to use OpenRAID back in the day, not sure if still one of the top open source anymore. If you are looking for a NAS box, I suggest Synology or QNAP. Both are very good. I use Synology myself.

 

[Jeff15]

Thanks for all the comments guys...........