Which External Hard disk 1 TB suitable to transfer or copy file from Linux Fedora 8 OS ?

RAJIB BNG · 09-20-2017, 01:57 PM

Which External Hard disk 1 TB suitable to transfer or copy file from Linux Fedora 8 OS ?
The following External Hard Disk will be suitable for above mentioned where USB v2.0

Which External Hard disk 1 TB suitable to transfer or copy file from Linux Fedora 8 OS ? The following External Hard Disk will be suitable for above mentioned USB 2.0

1. Sony 1 TB Wired External Hard Disk Drive (Black)
Specifications
Where System Requirements
Windows 7, Windows 8.1

2. HP 1 TB Wired External Hard Disk Drive (Grey)
Specifications
Where System Requirements
Windows: 7, 8, Mac OS X 10.6, Android 2.3, iOS 6

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Sony 1 TB Wired External Hard Disk Drive (Black) Specifications General
·         Sales Package o External Hard Drive ·         Model Name o HD-B1/BC2 ·         Type o HDD ·         Capacity o 1 TB ·         Color o Black ·         System Requirements o Windows 7, Windows 8.1 ·         Form Factor o Portable ·         Wired|Wireless o Wired ·         Cloud Backup o No Additional Features
·         Number of Ports o 1 ·         Connector Type o USB 3.0 Standard-A to USB 3.0 Micro-B cable ·         Case Material o Plastic ·         Data Transfer Rate o 5Gbps (USB 3.0), 480Mbps (USB2.0) ·         Water Resistant o No ·         Shock Resistant o No ·         Backward Compatible o Yes ·         Password Protection o Yes Power Features
·         Power Source o USB Powered ·         Power Consumption o Max. 4.5 ·         External Power Required o No Dimensions
·         Cable Length o 60 cm ·         Width o 81 mm ·         Height o 17 mm ·         Depth o 118 mm ·         Weight o 180 g ·         Other Dimensions o 81 x 17 x 118mm (without protrusions) Warranty
·         Warranty Summary o 3 Years Domestic Warranty ·         Warranty Service Type o Carry In ·         Covered in Warranty o Mechanical Faults ·         Not Covered in Warranty o Physical Damage ·         Domestic Warranty o 3 Year HP 1 TB Wired External Hard Disk Drive (Grey) Specifications General
·         Sales Package o External Portable Hard Drive, USB Cable, Quick Start Guide ·         Model Name o 1TB ·         Type o HDD ·         Capacity o 1 TB ·         Color o Grey ·         System Requirements o Windows: 7, 8, Mac OS X 10.6, Android 2.3, iOS 6 ·         Form Factor o Portable ·         Wired|Wireless o Wired ·         Cloud Backup o No Additional Features
·         Case Material o Metal ·         Data Transfer Rate o USB 3.0 ·         Rotational Speed o 5400 rpm ·         Water Resistant o No ·         Shock Resistant o No ·         Password Protection o Yes ·         Other Features o onnect to USB 2.0 or 3.0 ports for easy plug-and-play performance. The HP External Portable Drive is backward compatible with USB 2.0 powered through the USB cable.

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Power Features
·         Power Requirement o USB Powered ·         External Power Required o No Dimensions
·         Width o 40.5 mm ·         Height o 120 mm ·         Depth o 160.5 mm ·         Weight o 200 g Warranty
·         Warranty Summary o 2Year HP India replacement Warranty ·         Warranty Service Type o 2Years Limited Brand Warranty ·         Covered in Warranty o Manufacturing Defect ·         Not Covered in Warranty o Physical Damages ·         Domestic Warranty o 2 Year

IsaacKuo · 09-20-2017, 03:35 PM

Basically any can work. Transfer speeds with a USB2.0 port will slow, but adequate if it's okay for things to take overnight. For example, a transfer at, say, 25MB/sec will take about 12 hours to transfer 1TB of data.

Depending on what sort of thing, specifically, you want to do, you can vastly improve performance by doing incremental updates via rsync. And if you want to keep archive snapshots rather than just the latest snapshot, you can both vastly improve performance and vastly minimize storage space consumption by using either hardlink copy (with an ext4 file system) or btrfs file system.

But if this drive needs to be directly usable by a Windows computer, then you may be forced to use the NTFS file system, which lacks hardlinks and also lacks various btrfs capabilities.

Fundamentally, the important questions aren't the one you ask. Pretty much any 1TB USB drive will work, and most will have similar (poor!) performance over USB2.0. But the important question is what you really want to do with it. This will define what tools to use, and what file system to use.

jefro · 09-20-2017, 07:59 PM

Might be possible to use a modern usb hard drive on a modern lan computer and share it to this if you have fast nic.