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[Torqaholic]

Originally Posted by Giraffe

Would this matter if the drive was large enough? In other words, new data is going to be written to an empty space on the drive. If it's big enough, theoretically you'd never over-write data?

I would imagine so and it points out why I need to be selective with only 1TB of storage capacity between the two drives.

[Datawiz]

Originally Posted by Torqaholic

I would imagine so and it points out why I need to be selective with only 1TB of storage capacity between the two drives.

You are correct. Capacity of the drive definitely dictates how the software stores the data on the drive. On an 8 TB drive, like what's coming for my notebook, it has a LOT more room to spread things out and not do "overwrite cycles". And to your point, SSD also makes a good storage drive. This drive is my storage drive on my notebook and increases my capacity 4X, all the while giving me much faster read times.

[73sbVert]

Originally Posted by datawiz

In that storage size, stick to the PRO series for Samsung. About $100 more per drive than the regular ones for the same capacity, but WAY worth it.

https://www.newegg.com/samsung-860-p...82E16820147680

They are LIGHTYEARS faster than the regular drives.

Great, thanks Craig! So a couple of these with enclosures like:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0974D1XYN...NsaWNrPXRydWU=

(or a rack of some sort?) to hold them, and the Acronis s/w driving it all should be good?

I also plan to set up a UPS for the router, Ring alarm and laptop/backup systems very soon too.

[Datawiz]

Originally Posted by 73sbVert

Great, thanks Craig! So a couple of these with enclosures like:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0974D1XYN...NsaWNrPXRydWU=

(or a rack of some sort?) to hold them, and the Acronis s/w driving it all should be good?

I also plan to set up a UPS for the router, Ring alarm and laptop/backup systems very soon too.

Doing external drives is a different conversation, but Acronis will solve that for you easily. I love that program.

[snide]

Originally Posted by Giraffe

One photo in RAW format is 60MB.
Video in 8K can be up to 2600Mbps.

Uh, that is speed, not size.