Maxtor's 500gig Hard Drive at DVinfo.net

Glenn Gipson · June 7th, 2005, 11:21 AM

http://www.shareholder.com/maxtor/Re..._section=press

Christo Aaron · April 4th, 2006, 11:24 PM

Has anyone purchased this external drive? Have any other companies listed a 500gig besides Maxtor?

Jonathan Jones · April 5th, 2006, 12:08 AM

I think the earlier post is pretty much old news by now....500 gig drives have been around for some time and through several vendors such as LaCie, G-Raid, Iomega, and several other recognizable vendors.. I haven't used Maxtor drives, but I do have several LaCie drives, including 500 gig RAID 0 drives, but they go up to 1 terabyte, 1.5 terabytes, and so one. Such large drives are pretty commonplace in digital video editing. I understand that the Maxtor drives are pretty popular for their price, but I don't really know much about them, although I have heard that folks have found their 'one-touch' backup software solutions to be pretty buggy - but I don't know about recent products...likewise, the LaCie RAID drives were reported to have buggy RAID implementation in their earlier units, but I haven't heard that in a while, and I have never had any problems with them...although with any drive, its only a matter of time, so a good backup is a good plan.
-Jon

Evan C. King · April 5th, 2006, 03:11 AM

Wow Glenn I think you need to read the date of that article!

Matthew Delong · April 5th, 2006, 03:13 AM

I personally like Western Digital. For external I prefer LaCie. I have used them and like the preformance and the reliability but as Jon said it is only a matter of time with some drives. I'm getting ready to buy the LaCie 2.5 Tb Sata II Raid so I hope it will last me until my project is done. Sometimes it is cheaper to buy the drive housing, buy the drives you want, and build your own.

June 7th, 2005, 11:21 AM	#1
Glenn Gipson Major Player Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Plainfield, New Jersey Posts: 927	Maxtor's 500gig Hard Drive http://www.shareholder.com/maxtor/Re..._section=press

April 4th, 2006, 11:24 PM	#2
Christo Aaron Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: East Side Cleveland Posts: 68	Pricewatch listing @ $340 Has anyone purchased this external drive? Have any other companies listed a 500gig besides Maxtor?

April 5th, 2006, 12:08 AM	#3
Jonathan Jones Trustee Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Healdsburg, California Posts: 1,138	I think the earlier post is pretty much old news by now....500 gig drives have been around for some time and through several vendors such as LaCie, G-Raid, Iomega, and several other recognizable vendors.. I haven't used Maxtor drives, but I do have several LaCie drives, including 500 gig RAID 0 drives, but they go up to 1 terabyte, 1.5 terabytes, and so one. Such large drives are pretty commonplace in digital video editing. I understand that the Maxtor drives are pretty popular for their price, but I don't really know much about them, although I have heard that folks have found their 'one-touch' backup software solutions to be pretty buggy - but I don't know about recent products...likewise, the LaCie RAID drives were reported to have buggy RAID implementation in their earlier units, but I haven't heard that in a while, and I have never had any problems with them...although with any drive, its only a matter of time, so a good backup is a good plan. -Jon __________________ "Are we to go on record, sir, with our assertion that the 'pink hearts, yellow moons, orange stars, and green clovers' are, in point of fact', magically delicious?" - Walter Hollarhan before the House Subcommittee on Integrity in Advertising - May, 1974

April 5th, 2006, 03:11 AM	#4
Evan C. King Major Player Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 532	Wow Glenn I think you need to read the date of that article!

April 5th, 2006, 03:13 AM	#5
Matthew Delong Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ironton, Ohio Posts: 34	I personally like Western Digital. For external I prefer LaCie. I have used them and like the preformance and the reliability but as Jon said it is only a matter of time with some drives. I'm getting ready to buy the LaCie 2.5 Tb Sata II Raid so I hope it will last me until my project is done. Sometimes it is cheaper to buy the drive housing, buy the drives you want, and build your own.