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Brilliant - USB 3 self powered 4TB passport HDD's
Hi there
Really recommend these WD 4TB self powered USB 3 drives
Fast, small, very portable and so far seem very reliable - have tested 2 of them running for around 2 months 24/7 -- no issues whatsoever so I'm satisfied that the reliability is fine.
Tested running 2 of these on a NAS server running software RAID 1 array of 2 X 4TB USB 3 HDD's to create a RAID 1 mirrored array of 4TB. Used mdadm - the Linux RAID program -- so these HDD's were running at max performance and load.
I like also the colours you can chose -- comes with the same colour of USB 3 cable so it's easy to decide what you want on them if you buy more than 1
https://www.amazon.com/Black-Passpor.../dp/B01LQQH86A
Around 120 USD for the black one
If you pay a bit more the Ultra version has built in encryption which is good these days where you might have to leave computers etc in the hold of a plane so if it "goes missing" people can't get at your data.
Note though - always have backup of important data - if you lose 4TB of important data -- it could be worth a lot more than the cost of the drive - even if it is re-retriveable in part --imagine re-ripping several hundred CD's and DVD's, re-tagging etc etc.
Cheers
jimbo