[SOLVED] WD Blue or RED for backup (Data)

elegendx

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I want to buy a new WD 6TB to save my data (Video, Photo Documents) and I am between WD Blue vs WD Red. What are the differences between them?
Which one do you suggest I buy?
 
Of the WDs, Gold, RED and RED Pro are the most reliable, most frequently those (Green and Blue) dies out of all WDs whom designed for office work (just 8 hours a day, only with few on / offs), with Purple falling between the former two groups.

Pay attention to avoid SMR drives, because they tend to be much slower than CMR/PMR drives in certain circumstances!

https://nascompares.com/answer/list-of-wd-cmr-and-smr-hard-drives-hdd/
 
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