Best Option ?

needleworks

needleworks

needleworks

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Hi guys, although still no expert, I'm fairly confident about changing drives.
My brother in law is an absolute movie buff and because of this has two 4TB (one internal + one external) hard drives. The external is simply used as a backup.
He is now reaching the stage where the drives are full and has asked me about getting two larger drives.
What are my options here ? He reckons he will stop when he reaches 6TB, so do I replace the two 4TB's with 6TB's or is there another option ?
Obviously he will still require to have a backup. So my thoughts were to simply "go bigger"
Should I be looking for a specific type/brand or go down a different route entirely ?
 
If things are to be kept simple and effective then yeah just upgrade both to bigger sizes. How soon will the extra 1.x TB gained from a 6TB drive (after format of course) last? May be more logical to get bigger drives to be more future proof.

I had Seagate Ironwolf and WD Reds in the past in this exact type of configuration.

An 8TB WD Red Plus is around £212 and then adding an external drive like the WD Elements 8TB is £150 or £20 more for the 10TB version which would give some headroom for additional backups like maybe a Windows system Image and personal files to add to the backup runs.
 
Thanks for the reply mate, now assuming the external drives are cheaper, could I just get two external drives, remove one of the drives from the enclosure, and just fit the drive inside the pc ?
or is this a bad idea ?
 
That is known as shucking, and yeah is a common practice for saving some cash. You won't find a WD Red or Ironwolf in an external drive though and will typically be a WD blue or Green class drive etc. For media storage these are perfectly fine to do just that.
 
needleworks said:
Thanks for the reply mate, now assuming the external drives are cheaper, could I just get two external drives, remove one of the drives from the enclosure, and just fit the drive inside the pc ?
or is this a bad idea ?
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WD Element Desktop drive cases are easy to open without breaking the case in case of drive failing and needing to RMA it.




mrk said:
typically be a WD blue or Green class drive etc.
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Not in bigger capacities.
WD Green serie has been discontinued and WD Blue serie tops at 8TB.
Bigger ones are Helium filled drives used in Red serie etc.
 
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