Alternative Vendors: External Data Storage

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According to storage solution providers, external storage from companies such as Western Digital Corp., SanDisk Corp., Hitachi Data Systems, LaCie and Quantum Corp. are fine options to choose from.

When it comes to alternative vendors, Patrick Derosier, co-owner of CPU Guys based in Hanson, Mass., said he is a fan of products from Western Digital for its price-per-performance and LaCie for its no-frills solutions in smaller enterprise environments and "pretty good" warranties and support.

Tyler Dikman, CEO of Tampa, Fla.-based CoolTronics, adds Hitachi Data Systems to the list of external storage vendors he's happy to do business with, directly or through LaCie-branded products using Hitachi drives.

"We do a lot of Seagate, but I like Hitachi. On external drives, we use LaCie, and LaCie uses Hitachi drives, so there you go. If I had to pick any hard-drive manufacturer for external storage, I like Hitachi. They have good warranties and solid reliability," he said.

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Dikman said CoolTronics is also considering Drobo, a data storage peripheral from Data Robotics Inc. featuring proprietary RAID technology.