Just bought a new External Hard Drive...

12TB... just hooked it up, formatted, and got it ready to go. It will primarily be used for backup, (Time Machine for those of you familiar with Apple).

I had to Daisy Chain it because every port on my Computer AND my powered Hub is taken.

So I took inventory.... that's 9 externals I currently have connected. 1 of them is a SSD.

Total of 57TB of storage on externals and another 2TB on the HD in the computer.

I also have about 6TB of cloud storage which I only use for critical data and favorite photos and videos.

I keep 4 full Time Machine Backups at all times.. if one goes out, which just happened, I buy another.. so 4 active backups at all times... 5 if you count the cloud backups. I don't use the cloud often because my ISP Upload speed is extremely slow... a full backup, which would be just over 2TB, would take a week, or longer, to upload.

Brands: I have G-Force, Seagate, Western Digital... I have never lost a G-Force but then those are all fairly new. I've lost Seagates and Western Digitals but not many, been very trustworthy.

I no longer buy NAS drivers.. my luck with them is horrible. They cost a fortune, I've had about 4, not one of them lasted more than a year.

So ok, with all that, wanna bet that somehow, someway, something will happen that crashes it all?