Doing some work for a client and want to give them a local storage device to go with their cloud solution. However, when researching on NewEgg, the pre-built external HDDs are from weird mfrs like Lacie or Fantom - names I've never heard before. This makes me nervous and feel like I should just build them an external drive with an enclosure and a regular desktop HDD.
Presuming that is the best solution (please tell me if you think it is not), I need recommendations on the following:
Presuming that is the best solution (please tell me if you think it is not), I need recommendations on the following:
- Enclosure - No ideas here. The brands seem as bizarre as thos on the full external HDDs (Unitek, Icy Dock, StarTech, Orico, etc.)
- Drive(s) -Seagate or WD? 3TB or 4TB? Model number(s)?