hello, idk ... i use "conventional" hdds for backup. but ... * use at least one (!) other medium (can be another hdd, maybe not the same model) * keep at le

hello, idk ... i use "conventional" hdds for backup. but ... * use at least one (!) other medium (can be another hdd, maybe not the same model) * keep at least one (!) of them away from being always powered on (to avoid them fail together in case of lightning or power-surge etc. :) ad brand: in my experience ... every brand had its "bad apples" over the years, so i don't think this matters much. personally i always go for low power-specs / low RPMs. and i know how to handle SMR drives - eg. don't put them into NAS-arrays especially not into RAID 5s etc.etc... imho. archiving stuff is the optimal use-case for such drives, if you can handle the low performance after their faster caches are filled up / their need to reorganize due to shingling (the S in SMR ;) just my 0.02 €