I need some advice on BIG external storage units

[Tom Rausner]

lør, 10 05 2008 kl. 15:09 +0200, skrev Peter Sabaini:

> I use a WD My Book 1TB with USB interface for backups and it works well. Sure, 
> if/when the drive spins down, subsequent FS access will hang a little as 
> platters spin up again but apart from a few seconds wait that hasn't been a 
> problem so far.

I can easyly live with that.

> FTR I'm using JFS and Dirvish ( http://www.dirvish.org/ ) on that drive.

I've just had a glance at the Dirvish homeside, looks interesting. Might
even be what I need for backup.

Tom