I keep hearing people say that hard drives won’t last long and to always have backups. But if it is like that, that means you would have to be buying drives consistently? Has anyone ever had a hard drive work for them successfully for a decade or even more where they wouldn’t have to be buying more?
I got 6 WD red 3TB that all still work. They have been run 24/7 since 2012/13 They are now retired and replaced by WD red 8TB drives.