On Fri, 29 May 2009, Olaf Zevenboom wrote:

> I can tell you that USB is a very very very bad idea to use / trust for
> reliable backups. Why? Pumping huge amounts of data over USB to a disk
> cause things to get very hot. Often to hot to handle resulting in
> BBQ-ing the USB-SATA converter or your disk(s). Better to consider a NAS
> or E-SATA solution.

Seconded. I can personally attest to problems encountered when driving
USB-attached disk drives hard (or pumping through a lot of video data)

AB




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