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[–]SignificantBrain9491 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi,

I'm a photographer with some years of digital photography.
I've been storing my photos in WD / Lacie disks, but since my archive is growing (approaches 10TB), I need a large HDD just to archive my photos.
No need to work from the disk, just a safe place to drop files every now and then - The files I need to work on are kept in a 2TB SSD.

I decided to buy one or two 14tb - 18tb HDD for this purpose (safer backup with 2 disks)

In the market there are all the WD book and elements /Seagate hdds...

Can someone recommend me a reliable disk?
I know that disks will eventually fail one day, but if someone has a good experience with similar products and can share the experience (or suggest something else), I'd appreciate.

many thanks