Dedicated Backup Drives vs Internal HDD w/ Docking Station

[subterminal303]

Howdy folks,

Quality wise, is there a difference in using portable external HDDs like this versus using a docking station with internal HDDs such as a Seagate Barracuda? The purpose is general storage of lots of raw footage, photos, and my personal music/movie collection.

I understand that the docking station will be cheaper in the long run so I'm looking at a quality/performance comparison.

Cheers!

 

[USAFRet]

Howdy folks,

Quality wise, is there a difference in using portable external HDDs like this versus using a docking station with internal HDDs such as a Seagate Barracuda? The purpose is general storage of lots of raw footage, photos, and my personal music/movie collection.

I understand that the docking station will be cheaper in the long run so I'm looking at a quality/performance comparison.

Cheers!

I prefer regular drives instead of those portable external things.
Usually, ones like the one you linked at BHPV want to have their own proprietary backup software.
"Seagate Dashboard for Automatic Backup"

Instead of some more generic process that isn't tied to that particular drive and enclosure.

 

[scout_03]

you could get something like this and put in the drive you want so if this one goes in trouble could be change bbut it is not the same with the other you have to send it at the maker service for this .

 

[subterminal303]

I prefer regular drives instead of those portable external things.

No issues with extra physical handling/movement of the normal HDDs (while not in use), storage in a office room, etc?

 

[Doctor Rob]

IF you really care about your data you should really have an RAID external drive setup (2 drives or more if you can afford it) and backup to that.. then also backup to a online service like backblaze as then you are covered from just about any issue.. and for backup software to auto backup to the external I normally use Acronis software for that or just copy your stuff over like once a week or so and if you use an online solution like backblaze.

 

[USAFRet]

I prefer regular drives instead of those portable external things.

No issues with extra physical handling/movement of the normal HDDs (while not in use), storage in a office room, etc?

No, not really.
Just don't drop it. Same applies for that Seagate external thing you linked.

Read here for my and other peoples backup procedures:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3383768/backup-situation-home.html


2 main concepts with backups:
Tested and Automated.