I want to get an extra hard drive for me to backup my anime and music.
I do not care about read/write speeds.
I only care about drive lifespan.
What models do you suggest?
Wd external
>>61729874
the cloud
>>61729975
i have a 10 KB/s upload speed and ~820GB of anime and music
Because you have 2 drive with the same data on it, get the cheapest drive per GB. Truth is no one knows which drive is the most reliable one because there was no fair tests done on hard drives. People talk about their expereiences with branded hard drives and it varies from many factors that aren't mentioned. So my advice would be the cheapest per GB.
https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-External-Desktop-Storage-STEL8000100/dp/B01HD6ZLQ6/ref=pd_lpo_vtph_147_tr_t_3?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=HMJ22Z1SDEQH8379628C
A bit of advice. Any model/brand will fuck up on you if you mistreat it.
Disconnect it whenever not in use. Don't keep it plugged in/powered on at all unless you're ready to transfer to it in order to maximize it's lifespan and don't don't treat it like a hard drive (i.e. don't run games off it, don't install an os on it). At least while it's in the hub.