It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Remarkable_You_2870 on 2025-06-12 16:43:50.

I have a ThinkCentre mini pc set up as a Jellyfin server with 2 media sources: an external HDD and a internal HDD. I am using the internal HDD because I download torrents there and use symbolic links to map them to the layout Jellyfin requires , but now I am running out of space. I am considering moving the torrents to the external HDD so I can keep seeding and also using the media for Jellyfin, but I am not sure if that could put too much strain on the external HDD and reduce its life cycle. Is it a big difference to seed from an external HDD (connected via USB3) compared to an internal HDD (connected via SATA)?