Hi i have seen the Seagate BarraCuda 8TB, 5400RPM, 256MB cache (ST8000DM004) drive at a good price and was wondering if it was a decent option for my gaming library backups. I know this is SMR and CMR generally is a better pick especially for writing speeds., but speeds don't matter that much for me.
Usage description (no nas):
I plan to use it with an external usb rack to backup my gaming & modding archives (i generally end up keeping my gog games for example archived)
Generally i used to unzip the installation files on the HDD itself install and then delete the unziped files, if this is a problem on an SMR drive i might change this behavior (as in unzipping to another drive) though personally i'm not sure at this time.
And in a year or two i do plan to get a secondary drive to have another backup of this drive.
What are your thoughts ?