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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/DruidWonder on 2026-05-20 03:20:02+00:00.

I'm an old timer and new to this data hoarding thing. I have about 10 TB or less to my name, but it's scattered across a variety of cheap, lower capacity HDDs and one 2 TB SSD. I'm now looking at buying one large backup drive and consolidating it all... but I'm so lost as to which brand to choose and if I should choose SSD or HDD. I heard SSD can randomly fail which makes me nervous because my biggest current backup drive is one of those.

It would be something strictly for backups and not a drive I am using daily. Would also prefer an external drive.

There are so many companies out there, I just don't know. If I bought one and it failed in a year and I lost my data I would be devastated.

Any advice on brand selection and type of drive? I can read reviews all day but at the end of the day I need experienced folks to weigh in. Thanks guys!