Large capacity HDD instead of smaller HDD's

[vim147]

I have approximately 10TB of media files spread across 4 different HDD's. I want to make a duplicate of these so I was thinking of getting a 16TB HDD and using it as my main while still having my other HDD for back ups.

Would using just a 16TB connected for my media files be too much stress on my Mac mini is is it better just to have my media files split across various HDD's x2 ?

 

[jedimasterkyle]

From my experience, using multiple external drives on a Mac Mini isn't an issue. I have one for my photo library and one for Time Machine backups. My M2 MM is just fine with those.

Personally, I dont know if I would want 4 external drives setup in that kind of configuration but you do you. The Mac Mini should be able to handle it.

 

[Thessman]

Four external hdd's would be worse in every respect except speed. I'd advice at least 2 backups too.
Aaaaand time machine isn't a real backup ,it's more of a versioning system but its better than nothing.

 

[Fishrrman]