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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/ALT703 on 2024-10-01 21:39:30+00:00.

I have about 20TB in assorted hard drives, like a 6TB one, an 8TB one, and 3-4 2TB ones, etc

Two of the 2TB ones are still in their factory packaging, everything else is used, but not heavily I don’t think

What’s the best way to make use of these? Is there a good way I can make use of them that minimizes risk of data loss? Happy to build my own setup from scratch, just looking for ideas or advise

Or, is the mixed brands/storage sizes/usage levels (not all brand new) just a recipe for disaster and I shouldn’t really make use of them in a setup?

What do you guys think? Thank you!