Backups can be cloud / offsite…. Primary data should always be on prem

On prem forever

Not waking up at 234 in the morning and getting a good nights rest uninterrupted?

*moving to the country

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Trump still alive? Ah nuts

As someone who has worked in the it industry doing server work for 20+ years, definitely cannot agree with used drives. Always buy new if you can. Refurb drives are a huge risk whether or not they could have subsequent issues after being repaired. If you value your data, do not buy refurbs.

Edit - also consider most refurb drives are prob only a year warranty vs a probable 5 year on new WDs. To save a couple bucks, totally worth the extra warranty period.

Wouldn’t this leave the door open to jack domestic prices because foreign options are more expensive. Probably the whole goal