External Hard Drives ? Not seeing any recent posts in my search; and not sure I trust most Google “best.....” results, I will ask the UHH community: Need to replace a couple external...

frjeff Loc: Mid-Michigan

Not seeing any recent posts in my search; and not sure I trust most Google “best.....” results, I will ask the UHH community:

Need to replace a couple external hard drives (both 1TB) as I am running low on space. One is a Seagate and the other is a Western Digital and I have had no problems with either.

Suggestions/Recommendations on 4TB external Hard drives (not SSD). Using for photo backup only.
Thanks!

cedymock Loc: Irmo, South Carolina

I have four Toshiba external hard drives; 1- 3TB and 3 - 4TB never had a problem.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

I usually use WD predominantly, but would be receptive to a Seagate Barracuda drive.

Many of the old towers that I've removed the hard drives from contained Barracudas.
Internal hard drives I've purchased in the past have been WD Caviar or Seagate Barracudas.
I currently have (for a while) two 1Tb WD Passport Ultra external drives and am pleased with them.
Those with higher quality control (more reliable) are usually not the cheaper drives.
I've no experience with 4Tb drives yet.
Toshiba should be good also, at least they used to be.

Two external drive reviews:

https://www.techradar.com/news/best-external-desktop-and-portable-hard-disk-drives

https://www.pcworld.com/article/3198109/best-external-drives.html

photogeneralist Loc: Lopez Island Washington State

Any info on a new 2 TB SSD thunderbolt 3 external drive?

Screamin Scott Loc: Marshfield Wi, Baltimore Md, now Dallas Ga

I use 2 4TB WD My Book externals and a 2TB WD My Book as well. I also have an older LaCie 500gb that is still working

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

frjeff wrote:

Not seeing any recent posts in my search; and not sure I trust most Google “best.....” results, I will ask the UHH community:

Need to replace a couple external hard drives (both 1TB) as I am running low on space. One is a Seagate and the other is a Western Digital and I have had no problems with either.

Suggestions/Recommendations on 4TB external Hard drives (not SSD). Using for photo backup only.
Thanks!

Enterprise class WD/HGST ultraStar. If you don’t want to spend the $ for an enterprise quality drive (you should if you can), Google Backblaze drive reliability statistics, and look at their latest data on consumer class HDs.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

TriX wrote:

Enterprise class WD/HGST ultraStar.

My tower internal is a 2Tb WD Gold (Enterprise) drive, a year or three old though.

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

frjeff wrote:

Not seeing any recent posts in my search; and not sure I trust most Google “best.....” results, I will ask the UHH community:

Need to replace a couple external hard drives (both 1TB) as I am running low on space. One is a Seagate and the other is a Western Digital and I have had no problems with either.

Suggestions/Recommendations on 4TB external Hard drives (not SSD). Using for photo backup only.
Thanks!

Samsung, Hitachi, Toshiba and any Western Digital drive with a 5yr warranty will generally outlast/outperform the $100/4TB class of consumer drive. I would not advise you get a MyBook, Passport or any of those really cheap drives.

The way to go is to get a good quality internal drive and buy a case for it with the interface you need (USB 2, USB3/3.1/C Thunderbolt 2/3 - it takes about 2-3 minutes to install the drive in the case - it's not rocket science.

An SSD for an external drive - could be a bit faster and maybe more reliable, but more expensive.

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

I have used WD's for years and have not had an issue thus far.

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

kpmac wrote:

I have used WD's for years and have not had an issue thus far.

Tjohn Loc: Inverness, FL formerly Arivaca, AZ

I use one WD 7yrs and 2 Seagate 5 and 3 yrs. Never had a problem.

techwolf Loc: Edgewater, Fl

TriX is right on. The HGST are by far the most reliable. I used to be a big WD Caviar Black fan but for the last 3 years I use only HGST in my own computers, external drives and NAS. FYI...Backblaze is a clould service that keeps detailed service and failure records of all their storage media they use.

techwolf Loc: Edgewater, Fl

TriX is right on. The HGST are by far the most reliable. I used to be a big WD Caviar Black fan but for the last 3 years I use only HGST in my own computers, external drives and NAS. FYI...Backblaze is a clould service that keeps detailed service and failure records of all their storage media they use.

Collhar Loc: New York City.

photogeneralist wrote:

Any info on a new 2 TB SSD thunderbolt 3 external drive?

Try Google see what pops up.

OnDSnap Loc: NE New Jersey

frjeff wrote:

Not seeing any recent posts in my search; and not sure I trust most Google “best.....” results, I will ask the UHH community:

Need to replace a couple external hard drives (both 1TB) as I am running low on space. One is a Seagate and the other is a Western Digital and I have had no problems with either.

Suggestions/Recommendations on 4TB external Hard drives (not SSD). Using for photo backup only.
Thanks!

Look into a Drobo setup, or similar. Add drives as needed.