Thoughts on Glyph External Hard Drives

Discussion in 'Computer Hardware' started by pimpdrop, Oct 23, 2013.

  1. pimpdrop

    pimpdrop Ultrasonic

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    I need a bigger external hard drive dedicated to storing music project files, recordings, sample libraries.

    My current external
    - 500GB Glyph
    - has died 3 times in the pass year after 2 years of use
    - Data successfully recovered under warranty and drive repaired (free)

    I like their drives because
    - extremely quiet
    - great warranty/free data recovery
    - multiple connector types > usb, firewire(what I use), and esata

    Only downside is that these drives are 2-3x more expensive then a typical drive of the same size. I want to get a 2TB Glyph drive now, but I'm not sure whether it's worth it. I'd like to hear what you guys think. Thanks for the input.
     
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  3. franknitty69

    franknitty69 Newbie

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    glyph is an overpriced hard drive that does not give you any added value. i take that back, the free data recovery is added value tho. but the downtime of not haivng your drive kinda negates that. a daily or weekly backup trumps free data recovery.

    i recommend building your own external. pick your enclosure and pick your drive. you get the best hard drive with the interface you want at a much cheaper price than a glyph.

    enclosures i like are oyen digital. they have have every type of enclosure and interface you can think of.
    http://oyendigital.com/

    as far as drives it depends on if you are going for speed or storage. for speed nothing can beet 2 or more ssd (raid 0) in a thunderbolt enclosure. i like the Samsung 840 Pro Series. for storage my favorite is the Seagate Barracuda 4TB. and for 2.5" HDD, i like the samsung spinpoint m8.
     
  4. theantididdy

    theantididdy Newbie

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    I think Glyphs are amazing drives. Although I have not used that many other drives to compare with them. I have 4 Glyph drives, a 1TB a 2TB a 4TB and a portable 500GB drive. I have never had any issues with any of them (knock on wood). They are def a bit pricey but they are built well and seem to work incredibly well too. I am surprised to hear that you have had your Glyph drive die 3 times in the past year. I will continue to use their products. But I do like the idea of building my own drive. One thing about Glyphs is that they don't have thunderbolt yet. I'm a Mac guy and all of the new Mac hardware is thunderbolt based. They do still have the USB 3.0 though. Will be interesting to see if they adopt Thunderbolt, like G-Tech already has.
     
  5. CapnCrunch

    CapnCrunch Newbie

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    I went with a cost effective method.I use 2 Seagate 3Tb externals.Both drives are mirrors of each other.In the event 1 drive fails I have the other to copy onto a new replacement drive so I don't need a data recovery service.These drives don't really get used that often.....only to add new projects,libraries,programs or to copy to my internal 1Tb on my laptop.Since I use a gaming laptop I have a 256Gb SSD primary and 1 Tb secondary so firewire is not needed.Everything I use pretty much fits onto the 1Tb internal but if I need something different than what I have on there I just delete a few libraries to make room for what is needed at the time.Projects I am working on and recording on are on the SSD and then in turn saved onto my external drives and secondary internal drive.This way I get maximum protection from the plethora of bad things that can happen.I also keep one of the external drives in a different location in the event of theft or fire.You could call me paranoid but when the shit hits the fan I will be thanking myself for taking the necessary steps.
     
  6. lyric8

    lyric8 Producer

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    Drobo Hard drive are nice http://www.droboworks.com/?gclid=CKPM99KYrroCFcU5QgodKD4A8A every thing that is good quality and that is over 1TB is going to cost im looking at a 20 TB for all my Wave Samples and Music Video files its like $3000 But i wont have to worry about storage ever again thats the price of doing music you have to use good stuff it pay's in the long run :wink:
     
  7. SineWave

    SineWave Audiosexual

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    It's best that you buy an exchangeable external hard drive enclosure and a few hard drives of your choice. That's the best value for money and more reliable. I use IcyBox HD enclosures. Cheap and they work. There are better ones, of course.
     
  8. Dalmation

    Dalmation Kapellmeister

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    CapnCrunch -
    are your 2 externals in the same (NAS?) box or how do you implement RAID with them?
     
  9. i1studios

    i1studios Member

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    Although they are expensive, I'm a big fan of Glyph products. I have owned their hard drives in the past, as well as their cd/dvd duplicator, which I still use. I just purchased their 3 TB USB 3.0 desktop hd which arrived a couple of days ago. I have used other external hd, internal hd and enclosure combinations, but Glyph has been solid for me.
     
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