Camp Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 After procrastinating long enough that it finally cost me I finally ordered a Drobo. Something funky happened to my Aperture library and I lost about 100 images. I'm trying to see if I can recover them in the managed database but it's time I get a little more serious about my data back-up anyway. Initially I wanted to fill it with two 1 TB hard drives (eventually expanding to 4). I was searching the web for good HDD prices but it's a time consuming process for something as dull a hard drives. I figured there must be some sort of one-stop site that lists the best HDD deals. If such a site exists I expect some of the experts here would be able to steer me in the right direction. Since the Drobo will alert me when a drive is about to die I don't need quality HDD's. I just want the cheapest, highest capacity drives I can find. Actually, it looks like 750 GB might be the the sweet spot right now in terms of capacity/price ratio. Opinions? Also, how far out are 2 TB consumer drives? The Drobo can access up to 8 TB and I'd like to add my music collection to the security of the Drobo at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenMonkey Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 I'd just go to the fatwallet forums http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/hot-deals/ and do a search for "1TB" Lately I haven't bought a HDD anywhere but Frys.com. They normally have a good deal on a weekly basis on one drive or another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camp Posted May 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 Thanks for the fatwallet link. After looking around I decided that the 750 GB drives is very much the sweet spot in HDD's right now. I ordered 3 Samsung 750 GB drives for less than I could get 2 1TB drives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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