Multiple drives of a lower (1-2tb) capacity might be more expensive, but they’d technically be more resistant to a single failure over fewer larger (4tb+) drives when in a pool/array.
Multiple drives of a lower (1-2tb) capacity might be more expensive, but they’d technically be more resistant to a single failure over fewer larger (4tb+) drives when in a pool/array.
Larger drives, because less power consumption.
Also less overall failures to deal with, if you have 10 drives vs 2 drives the chance of failure is higher.
Especially with 12TB drives being under $100 now for refurbs.
Where do you buy refurbished HDD?