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Didn’t backblaze do exactly this (shuck drives from external enclosures) when they couldn’t buy enough drives on the open market after the tsunami?
by ipython 7y ago
Didn’t backblaze do exactly this (shuck drives from external enclosures) when they couldn’t buy enough drives on the open market after the tsunami?
- chx 7y agoThey did but with 3.5" drives which were not USB specific. This is done to save space and noone cares for space with a 3.5" drive. If you ship with a converter board it is impossible to make it this small.
- pilsetnieks 7y agoAnd they themselves said that it's not a good idea, it simply was a time of desperation. They're not shucking externals now, now that proper drives are available. Also they have a lot more tolerance for disk failure than almost anyone.