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submitted 9 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) by ryan_harg@discuss.tchncs.de to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

I have quite an extensive collection of media that my server makes available through different means (Jellyfin, NFS, mostly). One of my harddrives has some concerning smart values so I want to replace it. What are good harddrives to buy today? Are there any important tech specs to look out for? In the past I didn't give this too much attention and it didn't bite me, yet. But if I'm gonna buy a new drive now, I might as well...

I'm looking for something from 4TB upwards. I think I remember that drives with very high capacity are more likely to fail sooner - is that correct? How about different brands - do any have particularly good or bad reputation?

Thanks for any hints!

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[-] Dirk@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 hours ago

Okay, so ... then maybe really look into the Seagate Exos drives. 20 TB should be pretty much fine for most selfhosting adventures.

[-] e0qdk@reddthat.com 3 points 5 hours ago

I have a few of those, and while the ones I bought have worked out fine so far, I think it's worth cautioning people that they are annoyingly loud doing basic operations.

[-] Dirk@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 hours ago

Absolutely. They’re advertised for being used in datecenters, so I assume noise optimization wasn’t a concern for Seagate when creating those drives.

[-] ryan_harg@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 hours ago

that wouldn't be a problem for me, as my server is located in the basement. But good to know!

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