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The things that are not clear to me are: - Why was the disk being replaced (SMART warnings? HW upgrade? It failed in some way) - Why was the quick format reco
by raverbashing 5y ago
The things that are not clear to me are:
- Why was the disk being replaced (SMART warnings? HW upgrade? It failed in some way)
- Why was the quick format recoverable? Was TRIM issued or the HW didn't support it?
- As a follow up, I'm guessing the HW didn't support HW encryption?
- Why are they relying on 3rd parties for the destruction of data?
Meanwhile, it seems that HDs don't leave Google datacenters in one piece
- dracodoc 5y agoThe disk could be simply transferred to another data center physically so they can move data faster/cheaper than transferring the data by internet.
- capableweb 5y agoReminds me of the following quote: > Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway. - Andrew S. Tanenbaum