LunchMoneyThief@links.hackliberty.org to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 months agoAt what point did you decide you needed more storage space?message-squaremessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-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 · 2 months agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremetaStatic@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agothis is the only true answer. like making backups only when the disk starts clicking.
minus-squareHandles@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoI’m waiting for the disk to stop clicking before I back it up. Any day now!
minus-squaremetaStatic@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoit’s fine, raid0 is a backup right?
minus-squareHandles@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoYou read my mind! Now help me read this dead mechanical drive, would you?
minus-squareLunchMoneyThief@links.hackliberty.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months 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.
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.