On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:14:40 +0200, Stefan Viljoen wrote:

> See my other reply too... granted, but you refer to an "enclosure" - is
> that a mobile drive? E. g. one which you pull out of its enclosure at
> work, then you put it in an enclosure at home if you need something off
> it?

No, it's an external USB storage device with 2 (I presume) IDE hard 
drives in it.

> *brrr* - I shiver at the thought of a mobile HDD as a backup device...
> 
> How do you feel about the statement that the fact that if a drive is
> mobile, inherently it will never last as long as a "traditional"
> statically mounted drive that just sites in a cradle internally in a
> climate controlled server rack / box?

Given that this mobile drive lasted longer than a stationary drive that 
was the same make/model, my anecdotal evidence wouldn't support that 
assertion.

That said, I do not abuse the drive that I move from one place to another 
- and the drive isn't intended as a "backup" per se - it's intended more 
to be a local copy of data I may need when working from home (which is 
90% of the time).  The data itself is backed up by our IT staff.

Jim

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