It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/kazumihypono on 2024-09-07 16:41:27.

I've a RAID 10 setup for a long time, using 4x 2TB Western Digital Caviar Black WD2002FAEX. 1 HDD failed.

I decided that it's time to slowly increase the capacity. I bought 2x 8TB Seagate Barracuda without researching. They cannot be returned.

So now, I have a RAID 10 with 2x WD and 2x Seagate.

It seems that the Seagate HDDs is prone to failure and I need another 2x ~5-8TB to increase capacity.

What HDD/SSD are you guys recommending? And what should I do with the 3x old good WD? (thinking another RAID 5 for random stuff)

So is this the right path? If not, what is your suggestion?

P/S: Forgot to add that the RAID is infrequently use. Like once a month mainly to backup data.