The WD Elements™ Desktop Hard Drive works right out of the box with Windows ® PCs – just plug into the USB port to instantly add storage. Even though using only a 5400 RPM drive the USB 3 seemed fast enough for all but the most demanding tasks. is certainly a massive amount of data. Whilst some will easily be able to consume it all, many will never be able to need such large data storage. Therefore I recommend you look at your specific needs before choosing a hard drive capacity. Simply choosing the largest capacity drive you can find may not make the most sense. Having multiple copies of data for additional redundancy, it may be safer to have 2 (or more) smaller drives with the same copy of data, therefore reducing the event of data loss if a drive were to fail. The sleek design offers up to 22TB 1 capacity, making WD Elements HDD desktop storage the ideal solution for easy, add-on storage of all your important photos, music, videos, and files.

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Operational Data - represents data that is used to support your daily workflows, such as documents, images or videos. For such a large drive this would typically be needed for larger files such as with video or virtual machine files. If you can afford it though, get one of our best PS5 SSDs . Just bear in mind that the maximum capacity is 4TB, not 18 and that it will cost you more, much more. High capacity The WD Elements provides with reliable high capacity storage with USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 compatibility. The drives come with a two-year warranty and has been formatted to NTFS (you will need to reformat it to exFAT to make it compatible with the PS5). Both the Western Digital G-Drive 18TB and LaCie d2 Professional 18TB are perfect for storing massive quantities of data whilst offering very fast data access. They both feature 7200 RPM drives for fast data transfers. The LaCie includes a Thunderbolt 3 interface where the Western Digital only USB 3.0. You need to move up to the Western Digital G-Drive Pro 18TB to get the faster Thunderbolt 3 interface. They feature aluminium cases for improved heat distribution. Hard drives can get quite hot under continuous load, therefore having adequate ventilation will help extend the longevity of the drive.You can also consider a drive that supports RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks) that can offer data redundancy by writing data to multiple hard drives in parallel. This is referred to a RAID Level 1, and is supported on popular models such as the Western Digital G-RAID 2 or LaCie 2big RAID 16TB drives. Note that due to the drives being mirrored the available disk capacity will be half that of the total, so a 24TB drive will be 12TB, 16TB will be 8TB, etc. When your internal hard drive is almost full, your PC slows down. Don’t delete files – free up space on your internal hard drive by transferring files to your WD Elements HDD desktop storage and get your computer moving again.