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I'm looking to grab a 3.5" Extremal drive ideally atleast a 6TB but 8TB would be ideal to back be sort of a hot backup and plugged into a laptop a fair amount. Any recommendations?

I keep looking at these G drives and reformatting it for Windows, well reviewed is there anything special about them? I read they normally use Ultrastar disks? I did look at the two WD style drives too, then I also considered a single enclosure and using my own purchased disk.

What do you think is the best option for long term storage and reliability, I'm always skeptical of these unknown enclosures and what the actual hardware is and can it sustain writing large quantities of files without powering down.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I just prefer Seagate drives, because they can be easily shucked in case of USB adapter failure. It is also should be possible with WD drives, but can be a bit tricky.