[SOLVED!! Better buy an internal drive. Also here is my new question about which internal drive to pick.]
Buying a large externally powered Desktop HDD will be for making a backup, before I invest a ton of time, money, and energy into a longtime NAS solution, it will be a quick solution for now. (Yes I know the general advice that the best brand is having another copy regardless of brand. But with that said ...)
- Is it true for externally powered HDD, that Western Digital is more reliable in general than Seagate or any other brands?
- Is it true that it's better to get a WD Elements Desktop than a WD My Book because My Book had encryption which is kinda of a headache if we need to ever do data recovery? (Since I don't need my data to be encrypted.)
- So there are the following choices for the WD Elements Desktop: 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22 TB. Given price is not a concern, which size would be the best for quality and longevity? Because I have read that if the data is too dense, it's more likely to break or something? I can buy multiple of the smaller size if smaller sizes are more reliable.
Thanks!