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On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:43 AM, Simon Avery <flash@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Julian Hall wrote: > > Simon Avery wrote: > >> I'm not sure of the size of removable media nowadays, but you could > >> always use a hotswap sata caddy that they pop the hdd out of the server > >> at hometime. Cheap, big, easy to have several to allow tiers of backups. > >> Downside: Not that good when dropped/chucked. Heavy? > > You can get a USB external caddy SATA or IDE from www.ebuyer.com for > > Very good point, completely forgot about them. > > > > Question. If it's going in a caddy does it *have* to be SATA? If not > > your choice is much wider. > > Sata can be unplugged without the computer being restarted - not sure if > that's possible with pata? > In theory it can, but make sure that the motherboard can handle it AND the caddy is designed for hot swap. hot swap caddies have terminators to prevent voltage transients during plug/unplug operations which could be fatal to the IDE controller the drive or both. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html