Am looking to buy 4x hard drives (probably 14tb x4 for future proof) to add to a 4 bay enclosure. Could you guys give me some recommendations? Originally, I thought about buying the WD Elements External Drives ($256 for 14tb as of writing) and shuck them but then I saw the Seagate Exos X16 ($286 for 14tb as of writing) and the WD Ultrastar HC530 ($286 for 14tb as of writing). I was just wondering of the Seagate Exos and WD Ultrastar are better since they are "enterprise" drives and should last longer?
Right now I just have 2x WD Elements External (8TB) storing all my files but they are getting full thus looking to expand. I know the most cost effective way is to just simply buy another WD Elements External but that means adding another usb plug and power to my mess. So I think doing the 4-Bay is a good option for me to go about (eliminating the extra usb plugs and power). Basically, I just want something that won't die on me and losing all my data
Could you guys also give me a recommendation for a good 4 bay enclosure? I am just storing my media files mainly. I don't really need a NAS because I don't think I will be accessing/streaming them over the internet or anything unless the NAS bays are cheap as well hahaha. I just saw the Mediasonic HFR2-SU3S2 and the QNAP TR-004 on Amazon on the top results
Western Digital Elements External Hard Drive 14tb - $256 (as of writing)
Seagate Exos x16 Exterprise 14tb - $286 (as of writing)
Western Digital Ultrastar Enterprise - $286 (as of writing)
QNAP 4-Bay Enclosure - $175 (as of writing)
Mediasonic 4-Bay enclosure - $180 (as of writing)
PS: Once I have everything up an running and transferred everything over from my old hard drives, I am thinking of using an online backup service to backup my files just incase something bad were to happen. I saw BlackBlaze recommended a few times over the years and the cost ($70/year) is not too much as well. The question is, how long will it take to upload say 40tb worth of data? I have T-mobile Home Internet and the speed is roughly about 100/10 mbps (according to Speedtest.net). It is unlimited so am not too worry about the over-data charge etc...but I am worry about how long it takes to fully backup everything and if 24/7 upload/backup of my data for a long period of time (since I am guessing it will take at least several months uploading 24/7 to fully back up my stuff) and if the continuous long term upload/backup will kill my hard drives
Thank you so much for the help guys
Right now I just have 2x WD Elements External (8TB) storing all my files but they are getting full thus looking to expand. I know the most cost effective way is to just simply buy another WD Elements External but that means adding another usb plug and power to my mess. So I think doing the 4-Bay is a good option for me to go about (eliminating the extra usb plugs and power). Basically, I just want something that won't die on me and losing all my data
Could you guys also give me a recommendation for a good 4 bay enclosure? I am just storing my media files mainly. I don't really need a NAS because I don't think I will be accessing/streaming them over the internet or anything unless the NAS bays are cheap as well hahaha. I just saw the Mediasonic HFR2-SU3S2 and the QNAP TR-004 on Amazon on the top results
Western Digital Elements External Hard Drive 14tb - $256 (as of writing)
Seagate Exos x16 Exterprise 14tb - $286 (as of writing)
Western Digital Ultrastar Enterprise - $286 (as of writing)
QNAP 4-Bay Enclosure - $175 (as of writing)
Mediasonic 4-Bay enclosure - $180 (as of writing)
PS: Once I have everything up an running and transferred everything over from my old hard drives, I am thinking of using an online backup service to backup my files just incase something bad were to happen. I saw BlackBlaze recommended a few times over the years and the cost ($70/year) is not too much as well. The question is, how long will it take to upload say 40tb worth of data? I have T-mobile Home Internet and the speed is roughly about 100/10 mbps (according to Speedtest.net). It is unlimited so am not too worry about the over-data charge etc...but I am worry about how long it takes to fully backup everything and if 24/7 upload/backup of my data for a long period of time (since I am guessing it will take at least several months uploading 24/7 to fully back up my stuff) and if the continuous long term upload/backup will kill my hard drives
Thank you so much for the help guys