what best one lifespan?

[mmlaa]

hi guys,
what best one lifespan between this portable hard drives i can trusted to my files.
choice one ..buffalo ministation 2tb
choice two.. Toshiba Canvio Basic 2tb ?

both drives is 3.0 usb but Thoshiba have anti shock technology, buffalo no :/

 

[boosted1g]

Well buffalo does not make their hard drives so dont know what vendor actually makes it which makes me choose Toshiba just for that point alone.

First and foremost both are external drives which means they are lower quality then internal drives AND they are one fall off of your desk away from mechanical damage.

Even if this was a $400 enterprise grade hard drive in some ruggedized self balancing gyroscopic enclosure you cant "trust" your data to any ONE hard drive. Externals should NEVER be used as the single source of any data. They should either be used for the backup of your data, or as a mobile copy of your data.

 

[mmlaa]

you're right , but this requires more spending :/

 

[boosted1g]

Well bottom line you cant trust your data to any single source.
Between cloud and flash there is tons of cheap options out there to put a backup of your files on.

Even more so for a business - it is not about the cost of doing something, it is about the cost of not doing something that you really need to look at. If you are simply inconvenienced from the data loss then whatever, if you stand to loose hundreds or thousands of dollars (or hours and hours of valuable time) then that cost is far greater then the $70-100 for a backup drive.

 

[mmlaa]

I hate cloud services its not cheap, and in general i dislike pay monthly fees to save my files & also issue Terms ..etc

I think no cloud service aviable accept payment for a one-time for lifetime. :|