External Hard Drive Guide: Which is the Best Drive for You?

These days, just about everyone can benefit from external storage. But because the range of needs includes everyone from professionals working with terabytes of data all the way down to people who simply need a backup of their home system, there are a lot of options to choose from. So how do you choose? Here at OWC we specialize in purpose-built storage solutions. So in this video we take you through all the options and how they might benefit your workflow.

Portable Drives:

Desktop Storage:

Internal Storage:

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00:00 External Storage Overview Introduction
01:13 Form Factor
02:08 What is a Bus-Powered drive?
02:25 Speed
03:23 Read & Write Speed
04:49 Connectivity
05:43 What is RAID?
06:18 Price
06:39 What You Should Be Looking for in External Storage

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[SeidenthalSteve]

You should also mention "Noise". I just bought a "Thunderbay 8" and I was shocked by the fan noise. I replaced the original fan (after 2 days of having the device) by a high quality fan.

[bertraminc]

The worst part about all these drives is the OWC branding. I just don’t like it. Love everything else. I just don’t like branding all over my items. The Thunderblade is very attractive because there is no huge “OWC” on it.