I have Exos drives (which are probably more enterprise 24/7), and I don’t really see a difference to normal everyday consumer use HDDs. They’re just loud af, which is honestly a huge drawback
That said, I’ve only ever had one HDD fail, and these have only been running 24/7 for about a year
If they’re not that much more, might be worth it for the NAS drives. Just depends how important your data is and how much you value peace of mind
My thought on this has always been: if you care about your data (family photos, music), then you should spend the money to get new drives
But a lot of people hate this, and argue that if your backups work properly then you can buy any HDD you want regardless of abuse or how old it is.
I just want my shit to work and not have to worry about it so I buy new
Really? I feel like people are talking about WD failures all the time on here
The Seagate’s seem dead reliable as long as you don’t get the cheapest option