Agree. I do weekly backups, the backup NAS is only switched on and off 52 times a year. After 5-6 years the disks are probably close to new in term of usage vs disks that have been running continuously over that same period.
Which leads to another strategy which is to swap the primary and the backup after 5 years to get a good 10y out of the two NAS.
Which leads to another strategy which is to swap the primary and the backup after 5 years to get a good 10y out of the two NAS.