1Tb HDU £43 delivered

[Glenn]

As per title http://www.ebuyer.com/product/173804

[Simon]

 

[Steve]

Seems good

[Rik]

They'll be giving them away with cornflakes soon.

[Glenn]

I don't eat cornflakes 

[Rik]

Me neither, but I'd buy a box if it came with the drive.

[Glenn]

I was thinking a couple of them, could replace the 2 80gb drives I have in my WHS box, it would increase the storge to 3.5Tb.

[Rik]

Just wait till we have a 1TB solid state drive.

[Niall]

This is why I've held off with my SSD purchase. The way prices are dropping recently, hopefully the same will start with SSDs. I'd like to get a couple for a raid setup, but one will do if they're still a similar price by Christmas

[Technical Ben]

Hmmm. I want to get a load of stuff before the VAT rise, I'll put it in my "to buy" list. However at this rate I might be able to afford a pack of stamps.

[esh]

With storage becoming almost dangerously cheap, I'd again recommend planning ahead a little before you jump at these, unless you are just using them as scratch disks. With so much data, putting it in one boat is a little short-sighted in case the disc goes south. I'd personally get two and run them in a RAID-1 mirror (you can do this in software mode in Windows) or a couple in an external box like a QNAP or Drobo give you safety.

[Rik]

Good point - disk failure becomes increasingly risky as disk sizes rise.