WD Elements 3TB USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive (Black) $116 ea from Harvey Norman, Buy Three for $300 with Amex Statement Credits

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trevor99 on 08/06/2018 - 15:46 harveynorman.com.au (349 clicks)
Last edited 10/06/2018 - 03:35 by 2 other users

Not a bad EOFY deal for your backups.

3 x WD Elements 3TB USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Black
Add a $2 or more item so total is at least $350 for $50 off.

Advantages:
- Good price per TB.
- Portability
- instead of buying an 8TB for your back ups, get 3 of these and backup your systems in parallel. Much faster that way.
- 2.5 inch units rather than 3.5 inch brick that needs it's own power supply.

Link to HN Amex deal:
http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/381616

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  allenhori on 08/06/2018 - 15:59

  instead of buying an 8TB for your back ups, get 3 of these and backup your systems in parallel. Much faster that way.

  Care to share more details? The bottle necks exist on both the source reading speed and destination write speed plus how good the USB controller is for stability. And how do you manage the split of backup files between multiple drives?

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    trevor99 on 08/06/2018 - 16:13

    +2

    Yeah sure.

    • USB 3 is not the bottleneck as it's faster than disk writes at around 100MB per disk.
    • I have 2 running right now at avg 110MB/second each. These are large video files.
    • Writing is always slower than reading, but ideally read from different disks in parallel so the head stays still.

    So with only 2 running can easily get 200Mb+. More than a single 8TB.

    The USB stability is good.

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  scuderiarmani on 08/06/2018 - 16:10

  Personally wouldn't use a portable as my first backup…. the only externals that have failed on me are portables. Must be said none lately though.

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    annarchon on 08/06/2018 - 16:13

    Thats why you buy three and have three back ups :)

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    trevor99 on 08/06/2018 - 16:22

    My experience with any hard disk reliability, shows the main risk is heat. I think some of the cases on any portable type disks (3.5 or 2.5) let them heat up too much.

    Since I worked this out I always sit them over mesh (on top of a PC) or a dedicated laptop platform. Can get them for a few bucks at MSY.
    When installing Hard Disks in a PC I make sure they are right against a fan.
    I've had very few problems (actually I think none) with any hard disks since.

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  petry on 08/06/2018 - 16:31

  or wait for an xbox x norman offer?

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  blitz on 08/06/2018 - 17:02

  So do we like Harvey Norman this week?

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    combatant on 08/06/2018 - 17:13

    +1

    We never 'like' Harvey Norman. I think it's more like tolerate Harvey Norman. But only barely.

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    petry on 08/06/2018 - 19:02

    no