It's more NAS than external hard drive, but with 10s of terabytes of storage space, it's all the space you'll need for just about anything.

If you need the ultimate in capacity, then look for the Western Digital My Book Duo.

It's great for acting as a longer-term backup for your photos and videos, or transferring thousands of them from device to device.

If you need something with a few terabytes of space but aren't too concerned about speed, then Western Digital's My Passport Ultra is a great drive with decent performance and multiple terabyte capacities. They're just $25 and give you 64GB of storage, which is enough to easily transfer thousands of photos or a few hundred videos between devices. If you want a device that’s good for transferring documents, photos, or other media from one device to the other, or just want a few tens of gigabytes of space to transfer files from system to system, a USB flash drive like the Corsair Survivor Stealth, might be a good idea. What size of external drive is best? That depends on you. You also don’t want to pay through the nose for a drive you’ll never even come close to filling. It does no good to buy a high-speed device with encryption and remote access if it’s not big enough to store all your data. Fitbit Versa 3Īrguably the most essential specification to consider when buying an external drive is storage space.

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