It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/itsphaser on 2025-06-12 01:11:37.

Currently looking for a 2-4TB hard drive for long-term storage, and I’m looking between WD Blue and Red drives. I plan on getting two, using one of them as a backup. I’ve learned here about RAID setups and such, but I feel that isn’t super necessary for me right now—-but I definitely want to keep it open as an option in the future.

So: What is the best drive for me? I‘m between the WD Blues/Reds, but also open to any other suggestions:) Which will best allow me to carry out my current plan, while still keeping the possibility to use the drive in a basic RAID setup when I am able to do so?

Also, I’m a total beginner, so would you consider this setup (using one of the drives as a backup) sufficient?