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Need to expand local storage for local media streaming. Running a regular desktop on linux.

I am willing to spend money on "the best" for streaming purpose while and hopefully something I can keep reusing down the road if it lasts.

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[–] shadow@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I just grabbed a pair of 18TB Seagate Exos SATA drives - surprisingly quiet for what they are.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Should I be concerned about noise? I haven't used HDD in a long time?

[–] Drathro@dormi.zone 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

In my experience, Seagate exos are only "loud/clicky" when under HEAVY write loads. Mostly they're pretty quiet with a very low drone at worst. In any decent case it'll be pretty negligible. With headphones on doubly so.

[–] shadow@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 6 hours ago

This is my experience. I had them on my desk in a test bay to make sure they were all good to go and the only time I notice them is when they're doing a lot of read/write movements. While they idle they're quiet. So it depends on your use case, where the drive physically is, and what the drive is attached to. If it's mounted with nice rubber dampers or something you might never hear them. If they're mounted up to a loose chunk of metal they might rattle and drive you nuts.