Question Ironwolf 16tb NAS hdd VS WD elements 12tb

[sean.thankscr]

I live in Indonesia, and here, everything is essentially expensive. I tend to buy used tech.

At our local marketplace there's a guy selling a 12tb WD elements with about 56 days (start/stop: 577) use and another guy who's selling 16tb Ironwolf NAS with about 1366 days use (start/stop: 10,496) for about the same price. Both has 100% health on sentinel.

I plan to use it as an external plug and play hdd backup for my movies not as a NAS.

Which would you guys recommend I get?

 

[USAFRet]

As far as longevity, either one could die tomorrow. Or last another 10 years.

 

[sean.thankscr]

As far as longevity, either one could die tomorrow. Or last another 10 years

Uh... so it doesn't matter?

 

[USAFRet]

Uh... so it doesn't matter?

In the context of this one singular drive, no.

Me personally, I don't buy used storage devices.