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recommended hard drives for cold storage
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More than one copy > 'longevity' in the marketing. Drives fail, make allowances. Realistically, it only has to last until you get an even bigger drive in a couple of years.
i few drives that I have are 10yod and a couple more 5+..
do modern drives meant to last and be replaced every a couple of years?
I dont mind if a drive fails because ill have dupes.. what I want is to minimize the failures.
wd red+ and wd ae make look promising but i dont have an experience with them
Doesn't matter what drives are "meant" to do: shit happens.
The only real insurance against data loss is duplication.
i agree.. but Im trying to find out if the chances of this shit happening is lower with specific hdds
Fair enough. In that case, I'd just go for ones with a 5-year warranty and call it a day. At least you get a replacement if it fails.