[SOLVED] 1x16TB or 2x8TB for backup ?

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I want to buy a backup drive and I wonder whether I should buy a single 16TB or two 8TBs given that the costs are the same ?

Is it a better practice to split the data into half and have them on two 8TBs instead of having everything on a single 16TB ?
 
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I'd do 2x8 TB. A 50% failure is better than 100% failure. If I were you I'd keep the drives in two different locations. Put any irreplaceable data on both drives, learned the hard way so don't make the same mistakes as I have.

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I'd do 2x8 TB. A 50% failure is better than 100% failure. If I were you I'd keep the drives in two different locations. Put any irreplaceable data on both drives, learned the hard way so don't make the same mistakes as I have.
 
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