I'm thinking about buying external hard drives to back up some files. My initial idea was getting three 2TB Seagate disks and create two folders, adding one copy of the original data in each, but now I'm wondering if it makes more sense to buy four 1TB drives which cost approximately just as much as three 2TB drives to get more redundancy. I'm wondering if you've had any bad experiences with this brand or would recommend something else. I don't know how much space I would like to utilize in the future. Having that extra leeway would be more nice, but also more disappointing when they fail. Do you know if there is a certain storage capacity for HDD's that tend to have the longest lifespan? Do you think there is a sweet spot for HDD storage capacity and quantity of redundancy?
>>108955129I don't want to interrupt your journey to swim up a waterfall, but I've been using Western Digital/Samsung since like 2011 and have yet to have a single drive fail. I think the manufacturer matters more than your "beagle chasing its tail" approach.
By the time your hard drive(s) fails you'll be able to buy double that capacity for a quarter of the price.Don't be retarded, get the 6TB
