Question Í have 50 TB of data

[Gyozike]

Í have 50 TB of data from my friend (collected with his consent) (or i want to believe that very deeply at least) (whatever) Im luoking to accumistidating that in my Home Server! What is the best Drive for this? Thank in advanced!

 

[USAFRet]

Í have 50 TB of data from my friend (collected with his consent) (or i want to believe that very deeply at least) (whatever) Im luoking to accumistidating that in my Home Server! What is the best Drive for this? Thank in advanced!

6x 20TB drives.
3x to hold the data, 3x for a backup of the data.

 

[helper800]

What is the best Drive for this? Thank in advanced!

PCPartPicker Part List

Storage: Western Digital Red Pro 20 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive ($399.79 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Red Pro 20 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive ($399.79 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Red Pro 20 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive ($399.79 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Red Pro 20 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive ($399.79 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Red Pro 20 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive ($399.79 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Red Pro 20 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive ($399.79 @ Amazon)
Total: $2398.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-06-20 16:27 EDT-0400

Cheaper way of doing the same thing but the drives are not as good IMO:

PCPartPicker Part List

Storage: Seagate Exos X18 14 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive ($229.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Exos X18 14 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive ($229.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Exos X18 14 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive ($229.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Exos X18 14 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive ($229.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Exos X18 14 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive ($229.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Exos X18 14 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive ($229.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Exos X18 14 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive ($229.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Exos X18 14 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive ($229.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1839.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-06-20 16:29 EDT-0400