"Long-term storage of photos and videos creates a dilemma that most people solve expensively through monthly cloud subscriptions or by purchasing fast but pricey SSDs. Here's the reality: you don't need blazing transfer speeds for archiving memories you'll access occasionally. What you need is massive capacity at a reasonable price, and traditional hard disk drives deliver exactly that value proposition."
"The Seagate 20TB external drive gives you an enormous amount of space for storing years worth of family photos and backup files without the recurring costs of cloud storage or the premium pricing of solid-state alternatives. Prime Big Deal Day has slashed this drive to $229 from its original $499 price, representing more than 50% off and creating an all-time low for this capacity. This Prime-exclusive offer expires tonight when Amazon's promotional event closes."
"The USB 3.0 interface reads transfer rates of around 120-160 MB/s when dealing with sequential file operations which means that you can transfer a 100GB folder in around 10-15 minutes. It will feel slow compared to today's SSDs reaching 1,000 MB/s or faster, remember your actual use case scenario: you're performing large one-time moves of photo libraries or full-system backups, then plugging the drive into the machine or storing the drive securely."
Long-term photo and video storage often leads to expensive choices like monthly cloud subscriptions or high-priced SSDs. Massive capacity at reasonable price is more important than blazing transfer speeds for occasional archival access. Traditional mechanical hard drives offer the best cost per gigabyte for very large capacities. A 20TB Seagate external drive stores roughly five million average photos or about 2,500 hours of Full HD video, and current sale prices can reduce cost significantly. USB 3.0 transfer rates of 120–160 MB/s make large sequential transfers practical for one-time library moves despite being slower than SSDs.
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