At that capacity, SSDs won't be significantly more expensive than HDDs. I would get an external SSD plus an HDD for backups. For backups, any drive should be fine. You could also make another backup to Backblaze B2 withh rclone.
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Don't use USB for storage
If you can't stuff it in the case, you should reconsider your setup
And, TBH, no one hosting media has enough storage in the long run... consider a NAS