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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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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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Direct Attached Storage, basically not USB or and other external bus

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

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that will work well for back up.