I have terabytes of data on a couple computers and I just want to copy and paste all that data from the computer to the hard drive and then from the hard drive to another hard drive so it's I'm too hard drives just in case.
I will organize the data over time which will probably take me around a couple months of accessing different folders and merging some of them or maybe even moving data from this hard drive to another hard drive were more of a certain category of that exists just to consolidate it all in the same place.
I have two options with my budget:
Seagate BarraCuda 8TB 256MB Cache 3.5" Internal Desktop HDD SATA 6Gb/s (ST8000DM004) (SMR DRIVE)
Normally $249.99
On Sale $184.99
WD Red Plus 10TB NAS Desktop Hard Disk Drive - SATA 6 Gb/s 256 MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD101EFBX (CMR DRIVE)
Normally $329.99
On Sale $274.99
I read about SMR versus CMR drives and I don't know if it applies to me for my current needs. I'm going to insert these hard drives into a HDD enclosure (I decided to stop buying ready external hard drives because of some stuff I read)
At some point in the future I may buy one of those 4 Bay or 8 Bay HDD storage devices to keep things organized. I'm not sure how ready I am for NAS and purchasing these expensive devices to store my HDDs. There will be lots of reading and writing with these hard Drives that I will purchase.
Hopefully I explained it correctly to get proper responses. I'm buying it today.