Which 8TB disks to purchase for backup?
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Getting close to the capacity of my 4TB backup drives as I continue my scanning of 10s of thousands of family photos and docs.
I have a live hard disk archive and two separate backup computers so will need three off. I'm not using a NAS for this project.
I reckon it's easiest to double the capacity to 8TB as I can see that I am getting to the end of the project and will not need to extend again.
The disks don't need to be incredibly fast as it is an archive and when I want to prepare something for distribution then the photos are downsized to something reasonable for display on another computer.
What's the latest reliable/best suggestion from the many good products out there?
Thanks for any feedback.
I have a live hard disk archive and two separate backup computers so will need three off. I'm not using a NAS for this project.
I reckon it's easiest to double the capacity to 8TB as I can see that I am getting to the end of the project and will not need to extend again.
The disks don't need to be incredibly fast as it is an archive and when I want to prepare something for distribution then the photos are downsized to something reasonable for display on another computer.
What's the latest reliable/best suggestion from the many good products out there?
Thanks for any feedback.
Backblaze have an estate of hdd’s approaching 1/4 million spindles, they publish there quarterly failures it might be worth looking at those & seeing what low failure 8tb spindles they have.
https://www.backblaze.com/b2/hard-drive-test-data....
I’d also consider 2-3 brands / models to limit risks
https://www.backblaze.com/b2/hard-drive-test-data....
I’d also consider 2-3 brands / models to limit risks
I picked up a few Seagate 8TB external USB3 boxes over the years, when they have been on sale/Black Friday, to use for my Home Servers as media drives and backups. One had a built in 2-port USB hub and the others didn't.
They were pretty cheap at the time. I think the first one I bought was about £190 but then later I got some for £120 (that was about 4 years back), so pretty inexpensive. I run them on two separate small servers and use one as the main media drive and the other as a backup drive that I just sync with the main drive once a week or so.
They are SMR drives so not ideal for use as an OS drive - they really suit archival/backup/media best. So far they have been very reliable - the first one I bought (with the built in hub) was in 2017 and still going strong as my main media drive.
Probably you can get 10TB and maybe even 12TB versions these days at a reasonable price.
They were pretty cheap at the time. I think the first one I bought was about £190 but then later I got some for £120 (that was about 4 years back), so pretty inexpensive. I run them on two separate small servers and use one as the main media drive and the other as a backup drive that I just sync with the main drive once a week or so.
They are SMR drives so not ideal for use as an OS drive - they really suit archival/backup/media best. So far they have been very reliable - the first one I bought (with the built in hub) was in 2017 and still going strong as my main media drive.
Probably you can get 10TB and maybe even 12TB versions these days at a reasonable price.
14TB / 16TB / 18TB / 20TB models are available too, but are all over £200...not sure I'd want to trust that much data to a single drive though!
Western Digital 14TB (£230) to 20TB (£290)
Western Digital 14TB (£230) to 20TB (£290)
Edited by mmm-five on Wednesday 18th January 16:26
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