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?
For completeness, I’ll add the only other type of generally available drive category currently available, surveillance drives, which are designed/tweaked for 24/7 writes.
Seagate Skyhawk - All CMR
Seagate Skyhawk AI - All CMR
Seagate Skyhawk Lite - All SMR
WD Purple - All CMR
WD Purple Pro - All CMR
Toshiba S300 - All CMR