[kwlug-disc] Cheap disks for storage upgrade

[Jason]

For surveillance look at the WD Purple or equivalent drives, as they are
designed for use with NVRs to tolerate constant writes.

Then you could filter and archive your recordings to larger and
slower/cheaper drives.

I typically look on Reddit /r/homelabsales and filter with "CAN-ON" to see
local hardware.

Cheers,
Jason


On Mon, Jan 13, 2025, 3:49 PM Chris Irwin via kwlug-disc <
kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:

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> On Mon, Jan 13, 2025, at 13:34, Anton Avramov via kwlug-disc wrote:
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> Does any of you have recommendation there to get disks with lets say at
> least 6T capacity at reasonable price?
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> I'm going through this right now. I've been recording a lot of video over
> the last few years, and need more storage. Buying 4x new 8TB drives at
> $250-300 per drive isn't too appealing, though.
>
> I just bought some used drives on ebay. It's a big discount, but also a
> big risk. Supposedly no issues in SMART, and power-on hours seemed
> reasonable. Hopefully it works out (they're currently shipping).
>
> The bigger question as local storage grows is how/where to back it up.
>
> --
> *Chris Irwin*
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