Bought a 1TB Seagate external hard drive today. I was wondering how good of a brand Seagate is? It will be for data backup so it is very important for it to not crash. I know Seagate has been around for a long time but do they make good products?

Also does anyone know how good this drive or drives like are compatible with Linux?Seagate has the longest HDD WARRANTY in the business if that tells you anything...
As far as Linux compatibility the HDD could care less what OS is used on it...there is no "compatibility" factor...period.Hello, I would like to add a few comments.
With any new backup system, including the best you can get, you want to spend some time becoming familiar with how the system works and at the same time demonstrating to yourself how reliable it is.
We would assume that you already know there are other ways you can make backups of very important information you have. In particular, your photos and home videos may be irreplaceable. By now you should have already started them onto a CD or DVD disc.
With your huge external backup system you might feel this is no longer needed. However, before you throw away your backup DVDs, you want to be confident that your new backup system is working exactly the way you expect it to. Also, DVDs do not take up much space you to put them back into the spindle HOLDER and not store them in jewel cases.
But otherwise, you have made an excellent choice to improve your computer experience. 

Quote from: patio on April 23, 2010, 07:03:02 PM

Seagate has the longest HDD warranty in the business if that tells you anything...

Hello, I would like to add a few comments.
With any new backup system, including the best you can get, you want to spend some time becoming familiar with how the system works and at the same time demonstrating to yourself how reliable it is.
We would assume that you already know there are other ways you can make backups of very important information you have. In particular, your photos and home videos may be irreplaceable. By now you should have already started them onto a CD or DVD disc.
With your huge external backup system you might feel this is no longer needed. However, before you throw away your backup DVDs, you want to be confident that your new backup system is working exactly the way you expect it to. Also, DVDs do not take up much space you to put them back into the spindle holder and not store them in jewel cases.
But otherwise, you have made an excellent choice to improve your computer experience. 

1TB Hurricane 35 USB 20 eSATA External Hard Drive
Allows you to increase your storage room up to 1TB with a simple USB or eSATA connection.

From what I understand eSATA will transfer at up to 3GBps instead of 480MBps (USB speed).

The transfer rate of the interface is never even close to the transfer rate of the drive.