Data horder

[steeltoon]

So i like to horde stuff and that applied to video, photos, tv show etc. I am use to having a unstable internet connection or a slow one at that, i developed a habit of downloading stuff while i sleep and hording shows so i can rewatch them later on.
 

I am running into the issue of too little storage/ how save can my storage be. Currently have 2 external hard-drive of 2tb each, and 3 internal hard-drive of 4tb each, wondering if there is a more reliable/ cost effective way to just keep buying hard drives. There 2 drive dedicated to "cold storage", stuff that will not be change/ delete and 2 that are piloted daily. When something i feel should be kept it is move to "cold". Also worried about drive failures etc.

 

Any advice would be appreciated,

Thanks

[SignatureSigner]

buy a few 10tb drives and string them in a nas?

[tkitch]

the general reccommendation is:

HAve live storage in excess of what you need.  Preferably with some level of redundancy there.  A RAID Set is good for this.  (Can be in PC or on a NAS.)

 

Have cold storage that is a backup of that live storage.  These are external USB Disks that hold copies of data on live.

 

RAID lets a drive in your live storage die, and you can still recover it.

 

That way if something happens to the 'live' data, even after a RAID Failure, the cold data is a second backup.

[Digideath]

I'm a bit of a data hoarder myself and like you i have multiple drives. It's an expensive habit, isn't it.

I got bigger drives. I have 6 sata (2 ssd, 4 hdd), 2 nvme and 2 externals. I'm just about to replace my externals with 5tb drives because im running out of room.