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Which is the best portable external hard drive disk? (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by Serkenobi@alien.top to c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum

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Hi.

I usually buy Western Digital Elements to save huge data (as films in Blu-ray or gameplays) but i want to know if there are still the best option to portable external hard drive disk. I only pursue three things:

Huge capacity.
Big lifespan.
Competitive price.

I know the typical sentences as "the average lifespan is 3/4 years" or "the external hard drive disk can last 1 minute or 20 years". But i want to know in this moment, which is the best brand, the best model to guarantee (as far as possible) that the hard drive disk last many years.

Thanks in advance!

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[–] WikiBox@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Look at the warranty. It is somewhat correlated with longevity. The best hdds, for stationary use, have 5 years warranty. No idea about portable hdds. Do they come with any warranty?

Apart from that, there is no way to know when a portable hdd will fail.

Today I'd never use a portable hdd. Only ssd.