Is it worth it to buy a RDX drive?

Although I like the look of it, and RDX drives are pretty good to handle, and it has speeds of around 70 MBPS, I’m still stuck on the fact that RDX drives are expensive. If you are just rotating 8 RDX drives then you’re probably cool, but if you want to archive then you’re not. This is excellent feedback.

Do you need RDX drives for offsite recovery?

RDX is okay for offsite recovery but for archiving the cost doesn’t work. By archiving I mean taking point in time snapshots of the state of data (say every week or month) so that if I corruption is found then you can go back to the previous state. I bought about 4 300GB RDX drives at list price, but then around 12 120 GB drives on Ebay.

Is it okay to use RDX for archiving?

RDX is okay for offsite recovery but for archiving the cost doesn’t work. By archiving I mean taking point in time snapshots of the state of data (say every week or month) so that if I corruption is found then you can go back to the previous state.

When did the Acura RDX come to the market?

A smaller crossover vehicle to companion the MDX in the Acura line-up, the RDX debuted in 2007 as an all-new product. Entering the market as a five-passenger luxury compact crossover, the 2007 Acura RDX received an array of high-end features such as leather seating and automatic climate control as standard equipment.

How old is the Acura RDX in years?

The RDX has held up extremely well, especially considering it is a 2008 model, 10 years old! We are close to 100k miles, but it’s still pretty much running the same as we bought it.

Where was RDX found on the east coast?

Near Salt Lake City, people who grew their food with RDX-contaminated water alleged it caused their cancers. Then RDX damage was identified in Virginia, California, and even on one of the East Coast’s iconic vacation destinations, Cape Cod.

Where was the RDX bomb that went off twice?

For most of the last 74 years, a single industrial plant in rural Tennesseeserved as America’s RDX factory and it produced as much as 40 million pounds of white crystalline powder each month that fueled the vast carpet bombing of the Korean peninsula, and then later, America’s involvement in Vietnam.

What are the latest crash test scores for Acura RDX?

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