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<blockquote data-quote="joecrow" data-source="post: 1289076" data-attributes="member: 128337"><p>I guess much depends on how much storage you need and how accessible it needs to be. I have an awful lot of movies photos music and vids and I am still a long way from filling up a 4 TB hard disk (cost about €80,- these days) on my HTPC. As [USER=141969]@CyberSimian[/USER] mentioned it is very straight forward to make that accessible on a Windows home network if required or to an MP Client.</p><p>SSDs are very reliable these days but even so I would recommend you get a good backup program, (not sure if you get anything free these days with Win 10 /11) but I prefer that to a raid array which can I believe be incompatible with different motherboards/CPUs in the event a replacement is required, whereas you can usually rebuild an OS from a backup on an entirely different set of hardware.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Directly Attached Storage, e.g. a sata connected disk on an HTPC/Desktop PC.</p><p></p><p>Quote Dr Forinor "If DAS, can someone point to a link that can help my knowledge on the subject? And which DAS?"</p><p></p><p>I have always had very good results with WD Blue hard disks see <a href="https://www.westerndigital.com/solutions/compare-our-color-drives" target="_blank">here </a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="joecrow, post: 1289076, member: 128337"] I guess much depends on how much storage you need and how accessible it needs to be. I have an awful lot of movies photos music and vids and I am still a long way from filling up a 4 TB hard disk (cost about €80,- these days) on my HTPC. As [USER=141969]@CyberSimian[/USER] mentioned it is very straight forward to make that accessible on a Windows home network if required or to an MP Client. SSDs are very reliable these days but even so I would recommend you get a good backup program, (not sure if you get anything free these days with Win 10 /11) but I prefer that to a raid array which can I believe be incompatible with different motherboards/CPUs in the event a replacement is required, whereas you can usually rebuild an OS from a backup on an entirely different set of hardware. Directly Attached Storage, e.g. a sata connected disk on an HTPC/Desktop PC. Quote Dr Forinor "If DAS, can someone point to a link that can help my knowledge on the subject? And which DAS?" I have always had very good results with WD Blue hard disks see [URL='https://www.westerndigital.com/solutions/compare-our-color-drives']here [/URL] [/QUOTE]
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