Getting 500 GB SSD for <$100 is probably not going to happen. I personally like the form factor of Western Digital Passport drives as they are USB powered, USB 3, and small form factor. I get decent performance out of it, and so long as your backups are incremental, after the initial sync, the future changesets should be fairly small. -jason On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 11:37 AM, Brad Fonseca via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
Hello!
I am in the market for a new portable hard drive in order back up my files on my Linux system (running Mageia 5.1). My requirements are:
- Reliable - Portable - Price Under $100 - at least 500 GB in size - USB-powered (I don't want to have to deal with plugging it in) - no additional software included (an empty file system without having to immediately reformat the drive if possible) - Fast file transfer and retrieval rates (SSD with USB 3.0?)
In addition, I'd like some recommendations regarding good Linux-based back-up software. I've looked at luckyBackup (http://luckybackup.sourceforge.net/) based on some articles I've read but I know this group probably has some well-tested applications they prefer. Ideally, the application will have good documentation and/or an easy-to-use interface.
Thanks so much in advance!
Brad
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