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.
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.