A anonymous4a macrumors 6502 Original poster Aug 6, 2012 471 3 Jun 1, 2014 #1 Are there any 3 tb external hard drives available yet ? Preferably western digital. I tried doing a search but could only find 2 tb as the highest .
Are there any 3 tb external hard drives available yet ? Preferably western digital. I tried doing a search but could only find 2 tb as the highest .
FreakinEurekan macrumors 604 Sep 8, 2011 7,169 4,111 Jun 1, 2014 #2 anonymous4a said: Are there any 3 tb external hard drives available yet ? Preferably western digital. I tried doing a search but could only find 2 tb as the highest . Click to expand... No, there are no 3TB 2.5" disks yet so no way to do a 3TB bus-powered drive. You could use two 1.5TB disks in a software RAID-0 but each would need its own USB port in order to have enough power to run.
anonymous4a said: Are there any 3 tb external hard drives available yet ? Preferably western digital. I tried doing a search but could only find 2 tb as the highest . Click to expand... No, there are no 3TB 2.5" disks yet so no way to do a 3TB bus-powered drive. You could use two 1.5TB disks in a software RAID-0 but each would need its own USB port in order to have enough power to run.
hfg macrumors 68040 Dec 1, 2006 3,621 312 Cedar Rapids, IA. USA Jun 1, 2014 #3 Here is a 4tb raid-0 one: http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backu...F8&qid=1401680182&sr=1-1&keywords=STDA4000100 As an Amazon Associate, MacRumors earns a commission from qualifying purchases made through links in this post.
Here is a 4tb raid-0 one: http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backu...F8&qid=1401680182&sr=1-1&keywords=STDA4000100