Large SSD hard drive on computer?
Aug 9, 2021 10:38:09 #
radiojohn wrote:
"You must remember the First and most importa... (show quote)
Any type of drive needs to be kept less than 80% full, so that there is still room for the operating system to breathe. The OS performs swap operations constantly, moving infrequently used data and program routines in and out of main memory to the startup drive and back. The less RAM or unified memory you have, and the more applications you keep open, the more critical this free space becomes, and the more swapping goes on. The smaller the drive, the greater the proportion of it that needs to be kept free.
Aug 9, 2021 11:24:51 #
Ditto: "To have all you storage on one (drive) is a disaster waiting to happen."
Picture Taker wrote:
I store ALL my pictures on 2 external hard drives. To have all you storage on one is a disaster waiting to happen. That is what happened to me years ago. I would have 2 external drives (I filled my 5 TB and went to 2 8TB) drives with all my storage. When my drive failed, they wanted $1,000.00 to TRY to recover with a 10% chance. The odds are better and cheaper now, but why take a chance.
Aug 9, 2021 12:00:46 #
In my computer I have a 750 gig SSD as my C: drive, a 4 TB SSD as my D: drive and a 5 TB HD spinner as my E:. all internal drives it work well for me.
Aug 9, 2021 12:05:53 #
Since we are talking about worse case situations (that can and do happen) here is one practice I use to avoid loss of images on External Hard Drives.
After i have backed up my images from my Desktop to my external hard drives, I use the "Safe to Eject" command before I turn off power to that drive.
And once that is done then I turn off the Desktop AND remove the USB cables from each external hard drive to the Desktop. This helps prevent any power surge that may hit the Desktop from traveling to any drives attached to it whether turned on or off. I do this even though my desktop and drives are plugged into a UPS device. My electrician gave me this advice.
https://www.sweetwater.com/sweetcare/articles/how-to-safely-eject-an-external-hard-drive/
After i have backed up my images from my Desktop to my external hard drives, I use the "Safe to Eject" command before I turn off power to that drive.
And once that is done then I turn off the Desktop AND remove the USB cables from each external hard drive to the Desktop. This helps prevent any power surge that may hit the Desktop from traveling to any drives attached to it whether turned on or off. I do this even though my desktop and drives are plugged into a UPS device. My electrician gave me this advice.
https://www.sweetwater.com/sweetcare/articles/how-to-safely-eject-an-external-hard-drive/
Aug 9, 2021 12:18:37 #
photoman43 wrote:
Since we are talking about worse case situations (... (show quote)
Even a UPS won't protect anything from a direct hit.
Lightning can jump switches too.
Unplug it?
Aug 9, 2021 12:26:28 #
My electrician recommended unplugging it too. If all is plugged into a UPS, then you just have to unplug the UPS.
Aug 9, 2021 12:51:06 #
Longshadow wrote:
Even a UPS won't protect anything from a direct hit.
Lightning can jump switches too.
Unplug it?
Lightning can jump switches too.
Unplug it?
If you get a direct hit, you'll likely have more problems than unplugging anything can solve. Back in the 1970s, neighbors of ours had lightning strike their TV antenna. The top of the chimney (where the TV antenna was attached) was blown in half! His TV and Stereo were toasted. The couple were in the kitchen at the time, and said it sounded like a dynamite bomb explosion. Fortunately, the guy had an ABC extinguisher next to the stove, and managed to put out the small fire in the corner where the TV was, next to the fireplace, along with the burning drapes.
Aug 9, 2021 13:04:18 #
burkphoto wrote:
If you get a direct hit, you'll likely have more p... (show quote)
Years ago when I lived in Florida, lightning struck NEARBY, not a direct hit. All underground utilities.
Took out the cable box and the VCR. luckily it didn't get through to the TV. It scorched the wall where a neighbor's alarm control box was. Over a hundred people in the development got new cable boxes.
Another time a NEARBY strike took out a light bulb, a 120v Smoke detector, the modem in the desktop, and a two-line electronic phone. I heard a loud SNAP when the modem went. Luckily the computer survived.
Lightning is funny (as well as dangerous), it can hit some stuff and not others, without rhyme or reason.
We used to refer to the power company affectionately as Florida Flicker & Flash.
Aug 9, 2021 13:05:17 #
Well - your drive is going to die - so back up on to two - maybe transfer files into your main drive to work. on them
Aug 9, 2021 13:09:32 #
I only have SSD's in my computer and my NAS. Depending on how paranoid you are ( I am from my 35 years in IT) can be backed up to cloud storage. My machine backs up to my NAS and then from the NAS it automatically uploads to the cloud. I also have several versions of my operating system on my cloud so that if hacked by ransomware I can easily reload. You can also upload directly from your computer to the cloud.
Aug 9, 2021 13:11:24 #
TheShoe
Loc: Lacey, WA
Bridges wrote:
... You do not need the speed to house static photos and documents. ...
Except when an application loads a large number of photos during its initialization. Then, speed can improve the startup tremendously.
Aug 9, 2021 13:26:18 #
TheShoe
Loc: Lacey, WA
About a week after I moved into a new house, lightning struck the A/C compressor. It must have come into the house on the ground leg because it fried only those devices that had three-prong plugs. Apparently the metal housing of the compressor shielded it; it suffered no damage except for some burned paint.
Aug 9, 2021 14:04:29 #
You definitely want SSD, they are faster and more reliable. You also don't want smaller than 1TB because you will run out of space.
Aug 9, 2021 14:08:32 #
TheShoe wrote:
Except when an application loads a large number of photos during its initialization. Then, speed can improve the startup tremendously.
That's not housing files, that's using them...
Aug 9, 2021 14:09:28 #
tgreenhaw wrote:
You definitely want SSD, they are faster and more reliable. You also don't want smaller than 1TB because you will run out of space.
I don't, YOU do...
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