Welcome • User Guide
ToS • Privacy • Canary
Donate • Bugs • License

©2024 Poal.co

1.2K

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

(post is archived)

You are currently inside a comment thread.
Click here to see all the comments (19).
[–] • 0 pt

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...