Need Help for Main Drive

My friend has had issues with his computer and working on it seems to be pointing to a specific type of drive. Here are some criteria to help determine what kind of drive he needs;
He does not shutdown the system
He never updates the system; only occasionally
Bells to tell him problems are arising is no good
Needs large amount of space and has to be fast

It is almost like he uses his main system like a server. He had spinners for a while till they died. Then I gave him a 256GB SSD and after two years it now shows 49% healthy. I chalk it up to the system being susceptible to power outages and people in the house just unplugging the system to use the outlet for vacuuming, etc. I explained the importance of doing TRIM, but that goes out the door 5 seconds after I leave his home. But he relies on it; needing it to be running all the time and as he said once, I cannot be bothered by the system.

So I am wondering if there is a drive that would fall in to this? His current system
C drive - 256GB SSD (half life after 2 years. No idea how this happened other than neglect) - Windows 10 21H2. Current updates are from July 2022
D drive - 1TB spinny (My Documents, Videos, Pictures and Music)
E drive - 2TB backup of data files of all computers in home
F drive - 2TB backup images (which I have explained needs to be done, but never runs Macrium because he does not have the time)

He has had two catastrophic failures in the past and if that does not tell you to get involved, he does not. Paid thousands and thousands of dollars to regain lost data so money is not a problem (and that is also a contributor).

So with all that said, any suggestions on a new drive for an environment like this? Like I said, even though it is his PC, it is treated like a server and not a PC in my opinion. I am at a loss on what drive other than to say, "hey bud. Get a 3TB HGST".

Thank you and I look forward for a response

Hi,

If reliability is a major concern and money is not a problem...

He should have Considered Using RAID a long time ago...

I never lost a single bit of DATA using Software or Hardware RAID.

Eating a small SSD in 2-3 years is normal behaviour for a machine that has very high i/o.

If his computer is running very intensive application that uses a lot of i/o. Using a much larger SSD and trying to keep as much free space as possible will be a game changer. Also looking at the higher write endurance drives is no waste of time. And having the OS on RAID1 is also another good step toward consolidation.

For the DATA partitions I would go with WD Gold in RAID6 or RAID10.

But all that said, It does not exempt you from having to watch it for imminent failure before they occurs.

In addition taking the time to image your system while it's health is pristine is far from waste. You can be back up and running within minutes from a complete meltdown.

If you ever had to redo a crashed Server for real, you know the value of a Redundant Disk Array and regular operating system images in addition to a good backup strategy.

And yes, surveillance... Servers and computers left completely untended always ends-up crashed.

So I verify regularly if servers are running as expected, Disk drives health are good, Backup is working... etc...

It is in my opinion the best 2 minutes you can spend on your servers at making sure no surprise are coming your way...

And finally, today's Drives are nearly able to tell you to the minute close when they are going to fail...

Why not take advantage of it. Instead of Re-acting... Pre-acting...