What's the most reliable external storage? External hardrives?

Reliable eh? Western digital

>>57111958
Tapes and Glass-Blurays; Any medium is useless if not stored properly.

>>57111958
Practically?
Long shelf life - 1TB HDD from G-Tech, (or HGST in an enclosure you buy yourself)
Performance (no more than 3 months in cold storage) - Any external SSD

Buy an 850 Evo and put it in a metal hard drive enclosure

>>57112343
Dont SSDs have longer shelf lives than hdds by default?

>>57112371
A HDD can theoretically work for more or less forever whereas a SSD has a more apparent lifespan.

That said, PRACTICALLY, most people will see little to no difference and it will be entirely up to how lucky you are with the specific one you buy. "Maximum lifespan" shouldn't be considered -- you'll experience some sort of failure or replace the drive far before then.

>>57111958
Hard drives. External will probably be most cost efficient, but an internal plus enclosure is great -- doesn't really matter which you get though, if you're willing to pay, you can get better quality and warranty from internals.

>>57111958
Dual bay HDD enclosure in raid 1

>>57111958
Dropbox

>>57112445
>A HDD can theoretically work for more or less forever whereas a SSD has a more apparent lifespan.
Are you retarded?
>magnetic storage system is more durable than flash storage that is not written on
HURR DURR

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>>57111958
Portable SSDs now that they're almost the same price/GB as USB flash drives.