500gb External Hard Drive

A bit of easy expansion

One could easily expand their work storage space with a 500GB external hard drive. This external drive could also be used as a backup drive where all your important data can be saved. In case you lose a laptop or it crashes you'll still have a physical backup of the necessary data.

The size of a 500GB external hard drive is quite small, it can fit into the palm of your hand. Storing them safely can also be figured out with ease.

Connectivity

The common connection for such a hard drive is through a USB cable with various USB standards. The newer the standard the faster the transfer speeds.

Internal build variation

One can find a 500GB external hard drive in the older HDD format, as well as in the SSD format. The advantage of an SSD is that it is a lot faster with its transfer rates.

If you drop an HDD while it is spinning you are probably going to lose your data, in such cases, an SSD is more sturdy. If ruggedness is a specific requirement you can easily purchase an external hard drive which has a shockproof case to save you in such instances.

Both kinds have a life or an endurance rating. This rating is in very high numbers so this is not an immediate concern. Though eventually after the tens of thousands of cycles the drive can possibly go defunct.

Comments

There are a lot of brands that produce a 500GB external hard drive, the known ones include Western Digital, LaCie, Seagate, Samsung, ADATA and a few more. The price of this device is in the affordable ranges, the SSD variant however would cost more.