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what hardware should I buy for storage purposes? what brands? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 months ago by merompetehla@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/16399318

I own several external 2.5'' HDDs on the 1 TB range where I save my data. Samsung has worked well for me, but now I need more space.

One option would be to buy an external SSD instead of HDD.

Another would be to get an external NVME, but so far I haven't found cases for them.

Nowadays we even have 1 TB flash drives, should I get one of these instead?

I could also buy 2 0.5 TB micro SD cards instead.

So many options make it difficult to decide.

What brands and technologies do you recommend?

Software is going to be debian based.

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[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 months ago

Don't buy USB flash or SD cards for long term storage, they aren't made for longevity as much as typical internal storage. That's all I got.

[–] Batadon@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

Your question is a bit all over the place.

If you're just looking for big amounts of storage, look for refurbished HDDs (4TB, 12TB, something like that).

[–] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Rubbermaid makes some great totes

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

It might be time to get a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device. I'm fond of Synology, at the moment.

[–] Davel23@fedia.io 1 points 5 months ago

Love my DS1821+.