2007-03-14 12:43:17 · 5 answers · asked by alkotaphi 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
The external offers no protection as far as encryption, and it will be much much slower. It probably wont have enough space either.
2007-03-14 12:47:38 · answer #1 · answered by Jason B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. A virus, hacker, other illicit act or even a power surge can easily destroy an external hard drive just as it would a native hard drive.
2. Tape backups have a longer storage life than hard drives and, in some studies, have shown a better record of maintaining data integrity.
3. If something mechanically goes wrong with the drive (bad sectors, head misalignment) it will destroy the platter and its data, leaving you with a costly recovery. Tapes are not prone to this problem.
2007-03-14 19:57:54 · answer #2 · answered by MrSparkle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tape drives can be unreliable. Actually, the tapes have a high failure rate. An external hard drive is probably the safest archival option right now.
I found a hard drive from 1999 and it still worked. and it was rolling around inside my desk for 8 years.
2007-03-14 19:49:38 · answer #3 · answered by John K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you get a proper external drive, then yes, it can be a sufficient backup device. I recommend Western Digital's My Book 1TB (1000GB) Edition. It features RAID, and a triple interface (USB, FireWire 400, and FireWire 800).
2007-03-14 19:50:30 · answer #4 · answered by Big Q 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I f i had to choose one or the other it would be the HDD
2007-03-14 20:38:00 · answer #5 · answered by Techman2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋