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We are digital librarians. Among us are represented the various reasons to keep data -- legal requirements, competitive requirements, uncertainty of permanence of cloud services, distaste for transmitting your data externally (e.g. government or corporate espionage), cultural and familial archivists, internet collapse preppers, and people who do it themselves so they're sure it's done right. Everyone has their reasons for curating the data they have decided to keep (either forever or For A Damn Long Time (tm) ). Along the way we have sought out like-minded individuals to exchange strategies, war stories, and cautionary tales of failures.

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4TB 3.5 HDD for backups - suggestion needed (alien.top)

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I am looking for a 4TB backup hard drive and plan to use it externally with a SATA-USB adapter. Later, I intend to buy another one and put both into a home NAS system like Synology. Therefore, the main factors to consider are reliability, noise level, and NAS compatibility. Currently, I’m thinking about WD Red models available in stores here: WD40EFAX ($130), WD40EFPX ($140), WD40EFZX ($150), and WD4003FFBX ($170). Which one would be the optimal choice?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I would just avoid SMR drives, especially if you're looking to use them in RAID: https://nascompares.com/answer/list-of-wd-cmr-and-smr-hard-drives-hdd/ . Otherwise, any drive that fits your budget and that is CMR.