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i want to buy a few hard drives for backups.

What is the most reliable option for longetivity? i was looking at the wd ae, which they claim is fit for this purpose, but knowing nothing about hard drives, I wouldnt know if it was a marketing claim..

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[–] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 2 points 3 months ago

I found a e-waste retailer that is selling old new stock of ST3000DM001 for 25 euro

For server usage they're awful due to the extremely high failure rate (so high that it deserved a dedicated page on Wikipedia) but for cold storage they are perfect as the cost per TB is very good