>For external drives, I would seriously consider using SSDs. I wouldn't. I use my external drives as offline backups, so they don't get plugged in that often.

>For external drives, I would seriously consider using SSDs. I wouldn't. I use my external drives as offline backups, so they don't get plugged in that often. SSDs lose their data if they aren't powered up regularly. And of course, they're much more expensive per TB than spinning rust.