I'm hoping for some low tech advice here.
What I'm looking for is some very secure local storage for about half a gig of photos and various other media with room to grow. I currently use a 2009 MBP. I will need to upgrade, but my storage issue is more pressing than my primary hardware issue. I have filled my 250 gig drive with photos and there is no room for any of my music or anything else. I am currently using time machine to back up to a 1tb drive. I would like to move my photo library and movies and music off the laptop drive onto the external, but that means there will no longer be a back up of any of this data.
So, in short, is the following a good solution for me? One that can come with me when I migrate to a new computer? I really want my photos safe from a drive crash.
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/1394/USB/EliteAL/MirrorRAID/
What I'm looking for is some very secure local storage for about half a gig of photos and various other media with room to grow. I currently use a 2009 MBP. I will need to upgrade, but my storage issue is more pressing than my primary hardware issue. I have filled my 250 gig drive with photos and there is no room for any of my music or anything else. I am currently using time machine to back up to a 1tb drive. I would like to move my photo library and movies and music off the laptop drive onto the external, but that means there will no longer be a back up of any of this data.
So, in short, is the following a good solution for me? One that can come with me when I migrate to a new computer? I really want my photos safe from a drive crash.
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/1394/USB/EliteAL/MirrorRAID/