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The Best Hard Drive Deal So Far in 2025: Get a Massive 26TB Seagate Desktop Hard Drive for $250 (www.ign.com)
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[–] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Is that a good idea? I mean having all of that storage on one component? Wouldn't it be safer to split that data onto separate drives?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Actually, large drives like this make perfect sense in RAID arrays. Just make sure your using at least RAID 6 with drives this big - the rebuild times are scary long. I run a mix of 18TB drives in my home server and the key is having a solid backup strategy, not avoiding large drives. No matter the brand, always assume any drive will fail.

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