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Generally the larger disks have similar failure rates to smaller onces, which means that, if you're running a storage array, increasing the number of drives actually increases your chances of experiencing a failure, even assuming the best case that drive failures are statistically independent events, which they are not.
Larger drives also make keeping full backups much easier (i.e. entire backup fits on a single disk, which makes it easier to make and store).