LunchMoneyThief@links.hackliberty.org to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 month agoAt what point did you decide you needed more storage space?message-squaremessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up174arrow-down1message-squareAt what point did you decide you needed more storage space?LunchMoneyThief@links.hackliberty.org to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square29fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremetaStatic@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·1 month agothis is the only true answer. like making backups only when the disk starts clicking.
minus-squareHandleslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 month agoI’m waiting for the disk to stop clicking before I back it up. Any day now!
minus-squaremetaStatic@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month agoit’s fine, raid0 is a backup right?
minus-squareHandleslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoYou read my mind! Now help me read this dead mechanical drive, would you?
minus-squareLunchMoneyThief@links.hackliberty.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoJust last week I did a drive clone for somebody who’s disk reported a total runtime of over 9 years. The SMART stats only reported one pending sector and long spin up time but it was making noises that said otherwise. The clone completed with only three I/O errors.
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI got one a few months old that was clicking like something from The Last of Us. I swear SMART data is the most useless shit.
When I ran out of storage space.
this is the only true answer.
like making backups only when the disk starts clicking.
I’m waiting for the disk to stop clicking before I back it up. Any day now!
it’s fine, raid0 is a backup right?
You read my mind! Now help me read this dead mechanical drive, would you?
Just last week I did a drive clone for somebody who’s disk reported a total runtime of over 9 years. The SMART stats only reported one pending sector and long spin up time but it was making noises that said otherwise.
The clone completed with only three I/O errors.
See, I’ll be fine.
I got one a few months old that was clicking like something from The Last of Us.
I swear SMART data is the most useless shit.