I have 8-10 WD Red HDD's ranging from 10TB-14TB
For some reason they've all began failing one by one... first it was just two then a week later a third, then a fourth... my computer will recognize them but says the disks aren't mountable so I can't access any data off them. I'm using them as external USB devices basically, archiving video footage that sometimes i need to access 1-2 months later. I access the drives by using a USB-C to Sata adapter chord, which i thought was the issue so I switched to a Sabrent dual HDD bay to USB-C. But the same issues persist.
But when I use Ease US Data Recovery it finds all the files... I just have to recover them and throw them onto an SSD.
I feel like there has to be something I'm doing physically thats causing all of these drives to fail one by one? Any advice? My only thought could be that when I transfer footage I use shotput pro to transfer the files then verify their integrity... and when I do this the drives get super hot. Maybe they're overheating then dying?
And even more importantly, how can i just pay money to never have to worry about this again? Should I just get a NAS setup? Any recommendations for directors storing large video files? Something with a USB-C connection, I'm not too worried about speed I can let it go overnight but is RELIABLE. And I don't need to worry about again. I can't afford the 3-2-1 method which so many TB's of video files