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.

  • tartan@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    WD/SanDisk have completely gone to shit. I’d go with Seagate. I have a bunch of IronWolf Pro drives that have been fast and reliable.

    • AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml
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      5 months ago

      What happened with WD? I've never had a drive from them go bad but I'd like to switch if that's going to change

    • GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml
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      5 months ago

      I have a Seagate Barracuda in my gaming rig and it's making really concerning sounds since the very beginning. Even my 12 years old laptop's drive isn't that bad