expiredcaptainguy posted Nov 17, 2023 06:06 AM
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expiredcaptainguy posted Nov 17, 2023 06:06 AM
18TB WD easystore USB 3.0 External Hard Drive
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I had a 25$ off 250$ purchase.
For people buying more than one...or willing to add a stocking stuffer 😉
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These used to be white label DC HC550(CMR) drives, model WD180EMFZ, but I can't GUARANTEE that's what they all still are. Part of the dice rolling of shucking is getting whatever is in there.
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Just because some people plan badly (or not at all) doesn't mean there's an actual disadvantage to a larger drive.
Besides, there are only 2 types of drives - ones that have failed and ones that will. If someone doesn't protect their vital data with backups, they'll soon learn by experience that they need to. And then they'll want the cheapest / largest drives they can get. Having a smaller drive isn't going to protect you from drive failure.
During rebuild, theoretically there is a higher chance of other drives failing, but shouldn't matter much if have backups.
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During rebuild, theoretically there is a higher chance of other drives failing, but shouldn't matter much if have backups.
I roll with Drive Pool + snapraid and then OMV with mergerfs + snapraid so I'm not too worried about a drive failure stressing everything. Your data routine should include "stressing" your drives somewhat IMO to ensure your data is what you think it is. A rebuild (or sync in my case) should not be a cross-your-fingers event.
During rebuild, theoretically there is a higher chance of other drives failing, but shouldn't matter much if have backups.
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For my vital data (docs, photos, etc) I do local, remote, and cloud backups. But for our media stuff, I just do a local backup to same media (drives). If we lose all the media it will be annoying but not irreplaceable.
Chose your level of backup by what you can afford and/or how important the data is to begin with.
I'm not going to go crazy backing up the large drives with media, VM storage, etc on them because none of that is truly irreplaceable but yeah, that would be expensive because of the sheer size.
Pick your battles.
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