Hello.

I am looking to get started my journey with small steps.

I am thinking to get started with 4tb WD red as external 3.5 HDD drive and dump all the data I need there. Afterwards as the budget will allow me, I am thinking to purchase more HDDs and build NAS.

My questions are: will WD red will be good for external HDD for starters and would it work for NAS in the future?

  • ElectronicsWizardry@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Typically you can get the external HDD cheaper than a internal drive + a enclosure, so I’d just buy it as one unit.

    I’d aim for > 10TB as there aren’t any drive managed SMR drives of that size I know of.