[BBLISA] External backup drives - Survey

[Scott Ehrlich]

I'm looking to price out 500 GB external USB drives for backing up standalone 
systems.  If the drives have fireware, etc connections, it'll simply be a nice 
touch.  I plan to get Retrospect for software, so I only care about drive 
reliability and company support should _anything_ go wrong with the drive.

I've had excellent mechanical success with both Seagate and Western Digital 
drives, and want to get list consensus as to which company has the better drive 
reliability record.  I plan to stay away from LaCie and Maxtor.

Thanks.

Scott