Hard drive life expectancy - update from BackBlaze
Jan 22, 2022 13:57:48 #
There is usually a program that accompanies each drive which provides detailed diagnostics.
In my case, one drive has written 18.6TB and the other one (now 4 years old) 21.4TB.
S.M.A.R.T. results are a bit bald - just says drives are good. Until, of course, one day they aren't, when you start again ;)
In my case, one drive has written 18.6TB and the other one (now 4 years old) 21.4TB.
S.M.A.R.T. results are a bit bald - just says drives are good. Until, of course, one day they aren't, when you start again ;)
Jan 23, 2022 09:46:12 #
Longshadow wrote:
Hmmm.
Makes me wonder how may R/W cycles people who constantly work on editing very large image files would use.
Makes me wonder how may R/W cycles people who constantly work on editing very large image files would use.
That's why hard drives are still popular.
Jan 23, 2022 10:50:53 #
Jan 23, 2022 10:53:15 #
They are popular for PCs because people prefer cheap over fast, nothing to do with typical-user reliability.
A 6TB NAS-appropriate spinning disk for my Synology was $250, compared to $400 for the 2TB SSD. Prices have dropped quite a bit since my last purchases.
Horses for courses, and the SSD blows the doors off any spinning platter drive for speed.
A 6TB NAS-appropriate spinning disk for my Synology was $250, compared to $400 for the 2TB SSD. Prices have dropped quite a bit since my last purchases.
Horses for courses, and the SSD blows the doors off any spinning platter drive for speed.
Jan 23, 2022 10:58:11 #
alexol wrote:
They are popular for PCs because people prefer cheap over fast, nothing to do with typical-user reliability.
A 6TB NAS-appropriate spinning disk for my Synology was $250, compared to $400 for the 2TB SSD. Prices have dropped quite a bit since my last purchases.
Horses for courses, and the SSD blows the doors off any spinning platter drive for speed.
A 6TB NAS-appropriate spinning disk for my Synology was $250, compared to $400 for the 2TB SSD. Prices have dropped quite a bit since my last purchases.
Horses for courses, and the SSD blows the doors off any spinning platter drive for speed.
Ahhhh. The need for speed.
(I don't have it.)
Jan 23, 2022 13:24:08 #
Depends on what you do as to whether or not it is useful - for drive intensive tasks, database work, video editing, music files etc., the 10-25x speed is very definitely helpful.
Fooling around with a few photo files, probably not.
A photographer making his living probably might appreciate reduced workflow times.
Fooling around with a few photo files, probably not.
A photographer making his living probably might appreciate reduced workflow times.
Jan 23, 2022 13:32:51 #
alexol wrote:
Depends on what you do as to whether or not it is useful - for drive intensive tasks, database work, video editing, music files etc., the 10-25x speed is very definitely helpful.
Fooling around with a few photo files, probably not.
A photographer making his living probably might appreciate reduced workflow times.
Fooling around with a few photo files, probably not.
A photographer making his living probably might appreciate reduced workflow times.
Exactly.
Some need it, some don't, some just want it.
Jan 23, 2022 13:56:05 #
Jan 23, 2022 14:06:44 #
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