It is not at all cheaper and there's hardly any maintenance involved. In ten years you've spent $1200 on the same 2tb. You can get a 2tb portable SSD for about

It is not at all cheaper and there's hardly any maintenance involved. In ten years you've spent $1200 on the same 2tb. You can get a 2tb portable SSD for about $100. You could have 20tb of storage amassed by then that you can either use outright or replace older drives with, assuming current prices somehow hold for 10 years.