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always run the previous drive gen space.

i budget 300usd each, for 2 or 3 drivers. that is always the sweet spot since forever. get the largest enterprise model for exactly that price.

that was 2tb 10yrs ago. 10tb 5yrs ago.

so 5yrs ago i rebuilt storage on those 10tb drivers but only using 2tb volumes (coulda be 5, but i was still keeping the last gen size as data haven't grow), now my old drivers are spares/monthly off-machine copies. i used one when getting a warranty for a failed new 10tb one btw.

now i can get 20tb drivers for that price, i will probably still only increase the volumes to 10tb at most and have two spares.