I’m not anywhere close to the point where I’ll be constantly transferring data. I’ll be using it mostly as a plex server, not yet remotely for other people or myself either. Is the premium for NAS drives truly warranted for the average user? Or at that point, are NAS rated drives more just the only way to get drives over 5TB~ capacity in the first place?

  • _buttsnorkel@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I have Exos drives (which are probably more enterprise 24/7), and I don’t really see a difference to normal everyday consumer use HDDs. They’re just loud af, which is honestly a huge drawback

    That said, I’ve only ever had one HDD fail, and these have only been running 24/7 for about a year

    If they’re not that much more, might be worth it for the NAS drives. Just depends how important your data is and how much you value peace of mind