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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.

Are you looking for external or internal SSD?

As for external, you can look for Samsung T7, have no issues with it, it can sometimes get hot under the load.

As for internal, crucial ssd are pretty decent for their price, no major issues with them.

The drives do not have any expiration data and etc. They just work until the failure, so some of them can work for 10+ years, some of them can fail in a few weeks. It is more about luck and, I think, workload.

You want to have backups with any drive, if the data is critical to you and you do not want to lose it.

Yeah!

But, you still can use smth like Synology cloud sync to synchronize the data on cloud and access them via the internet. For sure, suitable Synology NAS is required.

Check on the deals for the switch, it might be some especially on the upcoming Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

Also, you would need shared storage for the cluster. For the common OS, the best option for 2-3 nodes is starwinds vsan, it also doesn't require witness node for 2-node configuration, so you might save some bucks on it. It has minimal hardware requirements so, just put the drives and you are in.

That is why you want to have backups. You have learnt it the hard way, you obviously not the one who had this issue. I believe almost everyone in a such way got his lesson.

The most cost-efficient backups are still depending on the amount of storage. As for me, it can be external drive/backup NAS and cloud.

Depends on the NAS. Some of them offer native cloud option or access via the VPN.

Recertified drives are the ones which were in use and were returned due to issues. They usually get fixed if required and sold again. They usually have the additional limited warranty, which makes them a good option for lower cost.

The best description about crucial drives, I believe, that it's just works. No major issues with it so far.

Hope it helped.

Good luck with your drive!

First of all, you can remove SanDisk SSDs from your list. Crucial internals are fine, however, I am not really sure about the external drives. One of the most decent external drive is Samsung t7 for me, really had no issues with it, the only thing that it gets hot after intensive use, but, I believe it's the case for any external SSD.

If you are looking for the largest drives, you have 20 and 22 TB drives over 18TB. Obviously, you should get the best deals on 18 and 20 TB drives. Boith of this drives will work with your hardware. just look for the best $/TB ratio and the longest warranty time.