firewire
SATA vs. Firewire vs. USB 2.0
I’ve been needing a serious evaluation of my backup habits. One area is mixing my storage media for longer-term backup. Up until now, I’ve been using DVD’s, but given the hundreds of gigabytes of data I can create in a month or two, and questions regarding long-term storage of writable DVD media, I’ve begun delving into the possibility of using hard drives as part of an overall strategy. But the world of external drives has become exceedingly complicated. Firewire (IEEE-1394), USB 2.0, and more recently SATA/ESATA.
