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We are digital librarians. Among us are represented the various reasons to keep data -- legal requirements, competitive requirements, uncertainty of permanence of cloud services, distaste for transmitting your data externally (e.g. government or corporate espionage), cultural and familial archivists, internet collapse preppers, and people who do it themselves so they're sure it's done right. Everyone has their reasons for curating the data they have decided to keep (either forever or For A Damn Long Time (tm) ). Along the way we have sought out like-minded individuals to exchange strategies, war stories, and cautionary tales of failures.

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Reliable CMR shuckers? Or am I better off getting Reds or Ultrastars or something these days? (alien.top)

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I haven't done this in ages. I would like 20TBs but they look kinda expensive. What's better price per TB these days usually?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used to buy externals but the lower warranty and lower speeds made me rethink my strategy because if they are not cheap enough it is not worth it. My Seagates all developed bad sectors within the warranty period and had a few failed too so now I'm looking for new Ultrastar hdd.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah I avoid Seagate merely because of Blackblaze stats. To me I would rather pay a bit more to have less chance of failure.