can i counter question you?
*all the questions i am asking are important else i would not waste your time, my time, forum's time, internet users time, internet bandwidth, humanity's time, most likely to me it looks like you wish to save all documents, and photos and videos (esply p0rn, dear prescious)!*
i will assume yes then they will be:
#1. what is your budget? maxima and minima...
#2. what is your mode of transfer? usb, e-sata, mini-pcie, pcie, serial (YES SERIAL DATA TRANSFER)
#3. if usb which generation usb 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 3.0
#4. planning to go for a hard drive ATA/PATA and/or SATA and/or SCSI (scuzee) and/or
SSD (MLC OR SLC)
#5. have you got RAID in your machine
laptop/desktop, hardware raid.
#6. do you plan to use software RAID, which mode or w/o raid.
#7. if ssd then is it SLC (single layer cell) or MLC (multi layer cell)?
#8. scsi? you got a scsi card? else forget scsi its alien technology and cards esply usb are shit ass expensive.
#9. you want to go for a native hard drive and attach casing later?
now probable answers from you may be like this, else correct me where i am wrong.
#1. i dont know depends on how much you wish to spend.
#2 & #3. usb is the most widely used, with usb 1.0/1.1 data transfer rate is 12 Mbps, which means 12,000/1024 MBps (do the math yourself), with usb 2.0 its 280 mbps i.e. (480*1000)/1024 MBps rouchly 35 MBps, with usb 3.0 its 5 gbps theoritically practically 4 gbps i.e. [4*1000000]/1024 MBps. 3.2 Gbps or ~400 MBps, sata see e-sata, attach an e-sata apaptor. mini-pcie to sata/IDE/PATA adaptor, sata fast 1.5-3.2 Gbps, PATA no idea, you will be more insane than i am if you try it. serial, hmmm, ignore it. because its way too complicated. beyond a single post its will be then a mini-howto.
#4 & #7. SCSI is expensive highly expensive piece of wonder, insanely fast, as fast as SSD or faster 10000 RPM drives. i would never recommend someone scsi unless they know whats WTF! SSD are of 2 types SLC or MLC, SLC is NAND and MLC is NOR based. SLC will be faster but wear and tear is more, you know how to scrub SSDs. if no then dont go for MLC, go for SLC. SLC's cost more, but requires less scrubbing, dont scrub too much and too often your hdd will go for a toss.
#5 & #6. RAID (Redundant array of independent/inexpensive disks), if you dont know you will never use it. its used to duplicate hard drives and de-duplicate and re-duplicate hard drive data, if you dont know RIAD you will never need RAID0,1,2,3,4,5,6,10. if you dont know raid you will never need these.
#9. native sata 500 GB or 1 TB hdd, w/o casing or enclosure, sata hybrid i.e. about 200 US$ 2nd hand roughly, SSD 1 TB? 5000 US$ (are you still conscious or have you fainted? ;-))
option 9 is ideal for me, you will have best of both the world. Get any
seagate/
samsung/wd etc etc manufacturer 500 G or 1T, get an e-sata 2.5" or 3.5" adapter/enclosure, can be 2.5" or 3.5" in size and plug and play, you will have the speed of esata which is rouchly 400+ MBps
i.e. to transfer one 4.4 Gig torrent dvd dump will happen in 4482/400 =11.2 ~12 -13 seconds max. with USB you need to wait for a minute or less.
did i solve your issue?
hope this helps!
yes too much info was necessary since one mistake means excess expense and mental trauma and frustration and also save you a broad spectrum antifungal cream so you dont scratch your head in the shop! now you got the idea? happy shopping.
-paul
thanks for typing it all out.
i've transferred data on the same model, 1tb and its slower than my 500gb transcend usb2.0 portable..well looks like it's my only choice though.
