[Vorynol]

As in the title, What is Better? 2x 4TB disk, or 1x 8TB disk? Dont say about RAID or anything like that. I do backup on external drive. I want 8TB but dont know whats better to buy.

[cockboy69]

If your 8tb fails you lose everything. I'd get two 4tbs if they cost the same and I had enough sata ports for them.

[Haashi]

Two 4tbs is better for me personally

[skrrskrr02]

get 2 4tb drives. obviously if you have to transfer data between the 2 then that's something you have to deal with, but it's prolly better in the long run.

[ElGrandeBichou]

Two will be better in case one of them broke you dont 100% of you data

[Cyberpvnk]

Two 4TB for sure. It's just nice to have two different drives.

[Komic Ulrich]

I would agree with this post honestly. Very insightful!

[bleahz4]

1 x 8TB for me!

[axel2354]

2x4TB. But if it's only for backups I would consider buying a cloud-based storage subscription. You will never lose your data and the price is more or less the same.

[ksgdfsHHHLsnaiskh]

2 x 4tb gives you more flexibility.  They are so easy to remove and install in back of laptop.

[bradfh]

get two 4tb drives, you well have faster time transferring data, If you using SSD as your primary drive

[spammingf]

2x4GB is way more cost effective

[hakimdes]

In case something happens, maybe you might not want to put all your eggs in one basket

[Meme56]

2 4TB. You'll have less chance of losing your entire data in case of accidental mishaps, also depending on how speedy your disk is, 2 or more physical disks/partitions shall give you better performance.

[Johnlocke1987]

If you want speed then get 2 and put them in some sort of raid configuration

[Vorynol]

OK thx all, but how with the loud and temperature of the disks? 1 x 8tb or 2 x 4tb or no difference?