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What brand of external Hard Drives do you guys recommend for mobile dj?
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| JINN |
from what i hear Seagate and Western Digital seem to be the best.
what drives do you mobile djs use?
and are those USB powered drives like WD passport good enough for mobile dj'ing'(reliability wise)?
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| Progress Ent. |
You answered your own questions.
Seagate has a better warranty btw, but both are quality..... |
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| ZeJayMan |
| Got a seagate 150gb and i've been taking that all over the place. It's pretty chunky and i've never known it to overheat. |
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| jupiterone |
| Only HDD's I trust wether it be external or internal is WD, Seagates have borked on me way too many times, same with Maxtor. |
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| Jarvmeister |
Use an external only as a backup.
Rule 1 should be not to keep all your eggs in one basket. If you are keeping all your tunes on an external drive then you should be carrying a second mirrored drive, just in case.
Jarv |
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| antronx |
| I would get mirrored RAID external hard drive setup. There are two drives in one enclosure. One is a copy of another. If one fails, the other will take over. This way you are not stuck in the mud during your DJ gig. |
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| DJ RANN |
Do you have nay idea what hardware RAID external drives cost? There's also little point, as you should not rely on you external drive as your original material - only a backup.
I can recommend LaCie drives. Many pros use them, and they are very popular amongst mac users due to their reliability. Good range too and not the cheapest but not extortionate. |
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| Movendi |
| Western digital all the way. Ever since my first seagate stuffed up, about 7 years ago, i've always used western digital ever since. Not 1 has brook on me. I have 7 western digitals in the house and none has given any problems. |
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| Spoonz |
well, my last external hdd was freecom... avoid like the plague
my current external hdd is a 320gb western digital, works well, had no problems with it
also, as already said, lacie make nice drives, usually quite compact in comparison to others that u see too... and very quiet - as for price wise they aren't much different to other hdd's on the market
check out www.dabs.com and www.ebuyer.co.uk for pretty much the lowest prices u are gonna find (other than getting lucky on ebay) lol |
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| david.michael |
As mentioned before, I'd recommend using external only for backup.
Using an internal drive:
- Eliminates potential trouble points (USB port failure, having an extra thing to plug in [potentially], using up more ports you may need, which may require you to get a USB hub, which adds another potential trouble spot, having computer not recognize the device for some reason, etc.)
- Is faster
- Is less cluttered |
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