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Why are you looking for an external drive?<br />
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I would think that most would work, depending on the use case.
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Why are you looking for an external drive?

I would think that most would work, depending on the use case.

arnold

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Any external presumably you will be using to backup ....
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Any external presumably you will be using to backup ....

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I have also seen people try to run VMs from external USB. :-(
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I have also seen people try to run VMs from external USB. :-(

Retired

Frank Kavanagh

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I was quoted $250 per external drive by the company that plans to install the server and I thought that excessive, unless there is a requirement for some special type of backup drive for Windows 2019 Server. &nbsp; Amazon and other vendors have drives under $100 each.
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I was quoted $250 per external drive by the company that plans to install the server and I thought that excessive, unless there is a requirement for some special type of backup drive for Windows 2019 Server.   Amazon and other vendors have drives under $100 each.

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What external USB3 hard drive do I need for Windows 2019 Server Standard edition X64?
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What external USB3 hard drive do I need for Windows 2019 Server Standard edition X64?

What external HD do I need for Windows 2019 Server

The term "Backup" means the methods and processes involved to copy computer data (system data as well as application data) to media other than the ones where the data originally live (disk, tape, optical, cloud). "Restore" in turn means the methods and processes involved in data recovery, i. e., bringing back copied computer data to their original location. Backup/Restore primarily serves as a means of protection against data loss, be it due to disaster, corruption or sabotage. It can also be used for recovering data from an earlier point in time and even for cloning machines or applications. There is a wide variety of backup/restore software available, from expensive commercial products to free or open source tools.

Storage Software

This topic area includes legacy versions of Windows prior to Windows 2000: Windows 3/3.1, Windows 95 and Windows 98, plus any other Windows-related versions including Windows Mobile.

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Storage devices include any device used for storing and retrieving digital information. Hard disk drives (HDDs) use one or more rigid ("hard") rapidly rotating disks (platters) coated with magnetic material. Data is accessed in a random-access manner, meaning that individual blocks of data can be stored or retrieved in any order and not only sequentially. The primary competing technology for secondary storage is flash memory in the form of solid-state drives (SSDs), but HDDs remain the dominant medium for secondary storage due to advantages in price per bit and per-device recording capacity. CD-RW (Compact Disc-ReWritable) is a digital optical disc storage format that allows information to be stored outside the mechanical HDD.