Tech Help Looking for large backup hard drive enclosure

[Simon]

I have several terabytes of video footage and projects that I want to keep backups of, but I currently do not have the space. I work off of a few Lacie drives since they perform well, but want to offload the content on them onto some other drives. I think my best bang for the buck solution might be to get a large hard drive enclosure that supports a few drives, simply to offload content there. Any suggestions on products for this? I'm happy to go out and get a 1-2TB drives to toss in, just unsure what enclosures are good.

 

[Johnny]

Depends on how long you want to keep the data. Hard drives are good at storing data for 2-3 years before they need to be rewritten/replaced. CDs/DVDs/ETC can keep data for longer than you can exist so that's a more appropriate long-term option. If you have the money and upload speed online storage is the most convenient option.

 

[Simon]

Depends on how long you want to keep the data. Hard drives are good at storing data for 2-3 years before they need to be rewritten/replaced. CDs/DVDs/ETC can keep data for longer than you can exist so that's a more appropriate long-term option. If you have the money and upload speed online storage is the most convenient option.

Online isn't quite an option for me sadly. These drives won't be constantly active either - purely backup.

 

[Johnny]

If you're set on using hard drives to backup your data then just buy a hot swap bay for 10-20 bucks. I wouldn't use hard drives, though.