Drive-Buy Solutions

摘要

Although buying a hard drive isn't rocket science, at times it can feel like brain surgery. Not only do you have to answer the all-important question of capacity, but you also have to weigh factors like buffer size, seek time, rotational speed, interface, location (internal or external), compatibility, and portability. You'll have to decide if you're tech-sawy enough to install a money-saving bare-bones drive, or if you need all the extras in a retail kit. You'll wonder what that newfangled perpendicular-recording technology means to you, and whether the time is right to adopt a network-attached storage (NAS) solution.