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<blockquote data-quote="cscokd" data-source="post: 1335134" data-attributes="member: 5609">As stated before, all HDD&#039;s will eventually fail.&nbsp; There is no need to jump to server-class drives, especially if you are looking for USB attached and they won&#039;t be powered/spinning all of the time.&nbsp; From a $/MB perspective, 2 of any SATA drives will be relatively cheap, so any enclosure that supports some form of RAID will be an effective solution.IF you are keeping copies on your local HDD and only using this for backup you could get by with a single HDD; you still meet the 2 drive minimum.&nbsp; If you are looking for off-pc storage for all master data then you need a 2-drive platform for optimum reliability.Key consideration; very few of us can claim to be backup ninja&#039;s, so if you can find a NAS to pair with an automated differential backup app you&#039;ll be sleeping more peacefully.&nbsp; I have all of my Macs backing up to a Time Capsule hourly with Time Machine simply because it wouldn&#039;t get done otherwise.&nbsp; As stated before, this meets the 2-drive minimum with the additional security of having the Time Capsule safely locked away.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cscokd, post: 1335134, member: 5609"] As stated before, all HDD's will eventually fail. There is no need to jump to server-class drives, especially if you are looking for USB attached and they won't be powered/spinning all of the time. From a $/MB perspective, 2 of any SATA drives will be relatively cheap, so any enclosure that supports some form of RAID will be an effective solution. IF you are keeping copies on your local HDD and only using this for backup you could get by with a single HDD; you still meet the 2 drive minimum. If you are looking for off-pc storage for all master data then you need a 2-drive platform for optimum reliability. Key consideration; very few of us can claim to be backup ninja's, so if you can find a NAS to pair with an automated differential backup app you'll be sleeping more peacefully. I have all of my Macs backing up to a Time Capsule hourly with Time Machine simply because it wouldn't get done otherwise. As stated before, this meets the 2-drive minimum with the additional security of having the Time Capsule safely locked away. [/QUOTE]

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