I’m not anywhere close to the point where I’ll be constantly transferring data. I’ll be using it mostly as a plex server, not yet remotely for other people or myself either. Is the premium for NAS drives truly warranted for the average user? Or at that point, are NAS rated drives more just the only way to get drives over 5TB~ capacity in the first place?
Right now my goto basic chunk of block storage is WD 8TB Blue drives. Brand new out of the box price per TB is hard to beat in my area, and they’ve been shockingly reliable and performant.
I see the price of NAS drives and frankly don’t see how they could be worth the price is you follow sound backup strategies.