Do you want to be blown off the internet by DDoS? How much bandwidth do you have/can you pay for?

This is all anecdotal evidence.

I’ve got 8-8TB, 8-12TB, and 3-14TB drives (all white label shucks) bought between 7yrs ago and now. The 8TBs were all bought over 5yrs and no failures. I’ve had 1 -12TB die recently, it was at the 3yr mark.