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I don't know a whole lot about hard drives. The interwebs says it's ok but they also are trying to sell me a drive at the same time.

My current drive: 6TB WD60EZRX (used mostly for data backups). I've had the drive since ~2015...

Drive I'm looking at: 8TB Seagate ST8000NM0045 (I can get them for $70 each (open box)) they are Sata not SAS.

Related post: https://poal.co/s/Linux/695889

I don't know a whole lot about hard drives. The interwebs says it's ok but they also are trying to sell me a drive at the same time. My current drive: 6TB WD60EZRX (used mostly for data backups). I've had the drive since ~2015... Drive I'm looking at: 8TB Seagate ST8000NM0045 (I can get them for $70 each (open box)) they are Sata not SAS. Related post: https://poal.co/s/Linux/695889

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Get a 1TB SSD and run your main OS off that. I would get TWO 6 or 8TB internal mechanical drives and then another external drive. 12TB at the smallest. Set up all your shit to download to the mechanical drive, store data files, etc. Run Windoze and Office from the SSD.

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This is what I usually do. 1SSD for the base OS. 1 2tb SSD for "fast local" storage. Then 1-3 large spinning disks for local slow but deep storage. Though, I do have a home storage server as well so I only currently have 1 spinning disk for my desktop and the OS of choice is Linux with a dual boot to Windows for games that don't work well with proton/wine.

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My setup is like this:

  • 500gb nvme for OS (ubuntu server)

  • 1tb sata ssd for jellyfin tanscodes and docker mounts.

  • 4tb internal hdd for Nextcloud storage and Photoprism (pictures)

  • 6tb internal hdd for backups of the above drives

  • 8tb internal hdd for movies and music storage

  • 6tb external hdd (the one that died) as a secondary backup drive that I leave disconnected unless I am backing up the backup drive. And there is also some other data that i keep stored on there from my other PCs (this is the data I'm hoping I can still recover).

  • 8tb external hdd for backing up my movies and music.

Probably not the most optimal setup, but I've been doing it this way for years. Old habits...

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Should be fine. Just don't get an A/V drive (meant for DVR use) they are dead nigger slow. Made that mistake once.

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I do having a BD-ROM handy just in case. Never know when you run across a CD DVD or Blueray. That and you might want to rip one but it is doubtful you'll have to ever do that.

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I meant a hard disk that is supposed to go in to a digital video recorder or digital surveillance recorder. Those HDDs are usually slow spinning and have long seek times, optimised for long running low to medium bandwidth sequential data streams.

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It's a bit smaller than your 6, but

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Constellation-ST4000NM0033-Internal-Enterprise/dp/B07RH7F14P/ref=sr_1_11?crid=2UUP1C1EWBYKZ&keywords=refurbished+hdd&qid=1708199236&sprefix=refurbished+hdd%2Caps%2C110&sr=8-11

I've bought 2 of these. Server turn ins, 3 year warranties, run like champs. Great storage drives for the money

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First thing I care about when buying a mechanical disk is dB / noise rating. It looks like the Seagate speaks to that. I like the enterprise drives which tend to focus on durability, power consumption, and usually noise. $70 is good for an 8TB enterprise disk IMO. I say do it.

I don't get too concerned with not having highest RPM. Have enough RAM for them to read into and it will be fine. I'm using 5700 RPM disks they're performing well enough for me.

If you are able to adjust the power saving features don't allow it to spin-down. It's less wear to spin it idle than to start and stop it for power savings. It's also a huge performance problem when you want to read the disk and have to wait for it to spin up to speed again.

From the amazon page about this device I think I'd like it - especially for $70. I've always had good luck with Seagate.

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Ended up getting 2 10tb drives for the same price ($70 each) and a 5 year warranty.

HGST Ultrastar HE10 10TB SATA 6.0Gb/s 7200 3.5" Datacenter HDD - HUH721010ALE601

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HGST is good stuff. Well done.

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yes you will be fine to use a "enterprise" drive instead of a "desktop" drive. The difference is tested up time. That said those prices seem high. I agree with others who mention getting a SSD (solid state drive) around 512Gb to 2Tb for your boot drive (C drive), and have a larger drive for storage.

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It's not a boot drive. I already use an ssd for my boot drive. I said in the OP I use the drive for backups.

See here for my drive setup. https://poal.co/s/Computers/695950/8a02c5ab-12d8-4314-9ddd-ca0c0aedc7ca#cmnts

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cool then i'd look for 20tb, i am currently running 5 of these in a JBOD enclosure: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BT13RJNV/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_3?smid=A3A5W4Q2L5GNMH&psc=1

currently the price is high. I buy when the are below 160.

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What is a DAS drive?

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I got 2 of these (amazon.com) for $70 each.