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Need to expand local storage for local media streaming. Running a regular desktop on linux.

I am willing to spend money on "the best" for streaming purpose while and hopefully something I can keep reusing down the road if it lasts.

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[–] AbidanYre 27 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

It probably doesn't matter at the scale you'll be operating. But Backblaze has more data than anyone here about reliability.

https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-q3-2024/

[–] nicgentile 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Used to run over 40 drives. Backblaze pointed out those Toshiba's. Man they do not die.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Had (and probably have it somewhere) a 2TB Toshiba drive for +5 years in my desktop as a games and programs data grave. Never once had an issue.
My current NAS drives are also Toshiba helium filled drives and though loud are okayish under light read operations.