Would cloud storage interest you? I store my photos on iCloud (idk what kind of devices you use, but iCloud is really handy if you use Apple devices. Otherwise you’d want to use some other cloud). The disadvantage of cloud storage is that you have to pay a monthly subscription, so in the long run a hard drive (or DAS) would probably be cheaper in most cases. There are a few companies (Koofr, Internxt) that offer a lifetime licence. A lifetime license can be rather expensive, but if you look on stacksocial.com you can often find pretty good deals. I haven’t used external storage much, so idk which of the options you mentioned would be preferable, but I just thought I’d mention cloud storage as an alternative, since that’s what I use. One disadvantage of cloud storage though is that you need an internet connection in order to upload/access the files/photos. Which probably isn’t really a problem in most cases, but might be sometimes. Cloud storage works well for me, but possibly someone else has more advice on what would be your best option
