On 02/09/17 22:59, Anton Aylward wrote:
On 02/09/17 06:01 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2017-09-02 03:03, Felix Miata wrote:
Greg Freemyer composed on 2017-09-01 20:13 (UTC-0400):
this is already way offtopic, Seriously.
Back to topic:
Badblocks on the WD Green AV HD has reached 13.60% completion with (0/0/0 errors) in 15:59:30. :-( Yes, it is very slow to run. Less than 1%/hour, apparently. That's a 2T drive, isn't it? [pruned]
Now THIS is interesting https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-failure-rates-q2-2016/ https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-failure-stats-q2-2017/ There seem to be some reliable 4T drives out there and the trend with 8T is looking good. Still, a RAID6 with 8T drives is a bit large for a home setting :-)
https://www.comparitech.com/blog/cloud-online-backup/how-long-do-hard-drives...
http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/marketing-strategies/is-data-backup-really-that-...
I have a colleague/developer whose home system is set up to run continuous backup of him /home-equivalent (he's a Windows user and I'm not sure what the terminology is) to a USB portable drive-of-notable-size for each of his machines. He told me once that the 'backup' drives were less reliable than his main drive!
I found that ironic. He couldn't understand why I was laughing.
What I found to be strange is why do Backblaze keep buying/installing Seagate drives when they have such a high failure rate (according to their own statistics)? It's like repeatedly watching the same movie hoping that it would have a different ending. BC -- You are NOT entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your INFORMED opinion. Nobody is entitled to be ignorant. Harlan Ellison -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org