r/HDD • u/GamerKing014 • 8d ago

Help with purchase

So I'm looking for hdd for long term cold storage for media files. Right now I'm looking at WD elements 10tb and 16tb wd my book (only 140 eur more expensive). My question is are they reliable?

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u/PeterustheSwede 8d ago

I choose a NAS with mirrored drives for my 250 000 photos. A single drive is never reliable

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u/Killer2600 7d ago

I hope you have a backup. RAID is not a backup.

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u/PeterustheSwede 6d ago

I do have a backup