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How do you roll up you old pods? By this I mean, do you still have all of your 1.0 pods running, or do you start migrating them to 3.0 pods, and cannibalizing t
by sophacles 14y ago
How do you roll up you old pods? By this I mean, do you still have all of your 1.0 pods running, or do you start migrating them to 3.0 pods, and cannibalizing the older pods for parts, until full failure/replacement, or...?
- brianwski 14y agoWe have migrated the data from smaller pods to larger pods, then re-enabled backups on the new half filled pod to fill it to the brim. But we did not do this because the pod was necessarily old, we do this if a pod is unstable for some reason (usually it is a brand of drive we ended up not liking). We have done exactly what you mention -> migrated off a pod and then disassembling the pod and using the older drives as replacements. Hard drives often come with a 3 year warranty, so for the first 3 years it is free to get replacement from the manufacturer if they fail. But after 3 years we have to pay out of our own pocket to replace the drives which can change the cost/math a little.