Internal vs external ssd

Bruce Hugo · Oct 22, 2013

I want to back up my computer to a 1tb external ssd. My understanding is that ssd's are more reliable, faster, and then of course also more expensive. So why wouldn't I pay less and get this...

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=767474&is=REG&A=details&Q=
and an internal drive

instead of a an external one? thx in advance.

USAFRet · Oct 22, 2013

No reason why not. I use a similar thing (1/2 that price at Amazon).

Buy why to an SSD if this is only for backups?

Bruce Hugo · Oct 22, 2013

Primarily because:
My understanding was that the lack of mechanical parts made it less likely to fail.
Secondarily:
I've never thought my computer did something to fast, i just want to be sure that all my equipment can keep up.

Do you think this unwise?

USAFRet · Oct 22, 2013

Bruce Hugo :

Well...a 1TB SSD is $500 and up.
A 1TB HDD is around $60. 2 of them, for rotating backups (1 offsite at all times), is 20% of that SSD price.

Yes, the SSD is probably more reliable. But 2 copies of your data is far more reliable than that. Especially with drives not in constant use.

Bruce Hugo · Oct 22, 2013

Thank you i appreciate your help. I suppose your right. Though it's a bit of a bummer, because if justifiable it would dual as a kinda cool toy.

USAFRet · Oct 22, 2013

You can still get the 1TB as a nice toy. But for just backups it would seem to be a waste.

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