cant be worst than the ppl using google drive right now… https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/27/23978591/google-drive-desktop-data-loss-bug-files-missing-investigation

you can look at das enclosures which usually have fans that support 2 to 10 hdd and hot swappable i believe

the only way will be getting those dock station that allow to clone it. then you expand remaining unused space when you start your computer. that i didnt when i clone data to a larger hdd

i was thinking joining the node but it was not worth it since you pay their coin. of course you can convert to cash too much hassle