Re: Why is this HDD so small?

On 2021-03-12 9:27 p.m., micky wrote:
> Why is this so small?
> 
> Alternatively, why aren't they all so small?
>                 Less than 4" x 1 1/4" x 1/3".
> 
> Is it a real HDD, a spinner, with a rotating platter?   It calls it a
> harddrive more than once, and never uses SSD, etc. but it's so small.
> 
> https://www.amazon.com/External-Hard-Drive-Portable-Laptop/dp/B08VNQZ4KY/ref=sr_1_11?crid=3C0WFJ8T7ELDA&dchild=1&keywords=external%2Bhard%2Bdrive&qid=1615603990&s=pc&sprefix=ext%2Celectronics%2C179&sr=1-11&th=1
> 
> What about that it has no brand name?  Would you buy it for a backup
> drive?
> 
> 
> For file backup, is a real 2.5" external drive better for backup?
> external 2.5" HDD, SSD, 3.5" HDD in a dock
> 

No, not a spinner, some kind of SSD crammed into a small aluminum body
The brand name of that one is 'Aitaton'  I see a lot of similar ones on 
Amazon.
I don't know how good they are as I have never used one, Also not enough 
info to make an informed guess.

Rene