This question pops up all the time on here but I only see specific use cases when others ask and nothing really close to what my situation is.
I'm looking to bring together all of mine and my families ancient Hard drives, laptop backups, flash drives, externals, family photo scans and videos all onto a few backup HDDs. Just over a Million files @ under 6TB that I'd like to put into an 8Tb HDD (or 2). Photos, Videos, Text Docs, and whatever else might be in there. These drives will not be used for gaming at all, so no need to worry about being rough on the drive with pulling all the time, as I see a lot of people looking for gaming AND storage when asking this. Just something to have peace of mind that nothing could go wrong in a reasonable amount of time with them.
I've read good and bad things about both Seagate Barracuda and Western Digital Blue. Are there other 3.5"s I should also look in to? I'm not expecting these drives to live dormant 5-10 years, but it would be nice. I'd like to read any and all personal experiences users have had over the years.