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Sounds like you need a bigger NAS. I throw a fresh 10TB drive in mine every 3-4 months.
by tbyehl 3y ago
Sounds like you need a bigger NAS. I throw a fresh 10TB drive in mine every 3-4 months.
- dbg31415 3y agoStart. Smart to cycle drives out after 3 years too.
- tbyehl 3y agoI'm thrifty, I buy drives that businesses already cycled out after 3-5 years.
- dbg31415 3y agoYou laugh in the face of danger; a real risk taker! (= I love all the Backblaze drive update posts about the lifespans of storage media.
- tbyehl 3y agoUsenet is my backup. I've tried to make Backblaze my backup a couple times but the ETA on completing the first pass is always right about never.
- rbanffy 3y agoIt's interesting to think that, as flash densities surpass hard disks, it'll become cheaper to store data on flash than on spinning metal once you factor in rack space and power consumption. Won't take that long.