Most Popular External Hard Drives

  1. Seagate FreeAgent Go (blue, 320GB)
  2. Western Digital My Passport Studio (320GB, Mac)
  3. Western Digital MyBook World Edition NAS server
  4. Seagate FreeAgent Xtreme (1TB)
  5. D-Link DNS-323 2-Bay Network Storage Enclosure
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Top Rated External Hard Drives

  1. Drobo
  2. Seagate FreeAgent Go (blue, 320GB)
  3. Synology Disk Station DS-107+
  4. LaCie Rugged All-Terrain Hard Drive with triple interface 100GB
  5. LaCie Rugged All-Terrain Hard Drive USB 2.0 80GB
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THE GOOD
Four connection options: USB 2.0, FW400, FW800, and serial/RS-232; front-mounted LCD advises you of the status of the drive; supports several RAID arrays; supports a variety of file systems; drives are hot-swappable.

THE BAD
To hot-swap drives, you'll need to purchase LaCie's preinstalled drive trays; no backup utility; has fewer features and is more expensive than comparably sized NAS drives with RAID arrays.

THE BOTTOM LINE
If you need the fast throughput of a locally connected RAID array, the LaCie Biggest FW800 is a good choice, but if you don't mind the slower transfer speeds of Ethernet, a NAS RAID array can be less expensive and offer more features.

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  1. July 19, 2007 09:31
    Terrible
    0.5/5
    After the incredibly horrible customer support experience I had with LaCie, it causes me mental anguish whenever they release a new product. Avoid LaCie drives if you value your PC (my LaCie 500 GB BigDisk crashed my PC on bootup regularly) or your ...  read more »

    - ElmoKajaky


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