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Forum: Storage (alternative) August 17th 19, 07:59 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 4
Views: 1,703
Posted By Tom Del Rosso[_6_]
"An Inside Look at the Backblaze Storage Pod Museum"

Mark Perkins wrote:
On Thu, 14 Feb 2019 13:32:16 -0600, Lynn McGuire
wrote:

"An Inside Look at the Backblaze Storage Pod Museum"
...
Forum: Storage (alternative) November 19th 18, 04:08 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 5
Views: 1,042
Posted By Tom Del Rosso[_6_]
SMART Self-test duplicate logs?

Tom Del Rosso wrote:
Can the tests overlap?

By which I mean obviously they can't because if you try to start a
second test it refuses with a message that a test is already in
progress.
Forum: Storage (alternative) November 19th 18, 04:06 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 5
Views: 1,042
Posted By Tom Del Rosso[_6_]
SMART Self-test duplicate logs?

I thought smartmontools output was easily recognizable. Of course it
uses the scheduler. Can the tests overlap? You start it once and it
will abort if there is a reboot, but then it doesn't...
Forum: Storage (alternative) November 19th 18, 05:50 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 5
Views: 1,042
Posted By Tom Del Rosso[_6_]
SMART Self-test duplicate logs?

Lines got truncated. Trying again....

This drive does a long test every 2 weeks or 336 hours, but why does a
test sometimes get logged more than once?

Model Family: Hitachi Travelstar...
Forum: Storage (alternative) November 19th 18, 03:03 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 5
Views: 1,042
Posted By Tom Del Rosso[_6_]
SMART Self-test duplicate logs?

This drive does a long test every 2 weeks or 336 hours, but why does a
test sometimes get logged more than once?


Model Family: Hitachi Travelstar 5K320
Device Model: Hitachi...
Forum: Storage (alternative) May 23rd 18, 11:24 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 16
Views: 1,699
Posted By Tom Del Rosso[_6_]
"The Helium Factor and Hard Drive Failure Rates"

VanguardLH wrote:
Helium is a LIMITED resource. Depletion is estimated in about 25
years.

There might be more than expected, because it can form compounds under
extreme pressure.

It can't...
Forum: Storage (alternative) July 10th 17, 10:51 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 7
Views: 972
Posted By Tom Del Rosso[_6_]
WD Green sleep timeout

Ed Light wrote:
On 7/9/2017 9:17 PM, Tom Del Rosso wrote:

Thanks. Then I'll stick with black!


Are they kind of noisy?

I never noticed, so I think not. With all the fans going at the...
Forum: Storage (alternative) July 10th 17, 05:17 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 7
Views: 972
Posted By Tom Del Rosso[_6_]
WD Green sleep timeout

Neill Massello wrote:
Tom Del Rosso wrote:

The WD Greens used to have a timeout of about 10 seconds, and they
only had a DOS utility to change...
Forum: Storage (alternative) July 5th 17, 09:40 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 7
Views: 972
Posted By Tom Del Rosso[_6_]
WD Green sleep timeout

The WD Greens used to have a timeout of about 10 seconds, and they only
had a DOS utility to change it. What's the state of their Greens now?


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Forum: Homebuilt PC's January 12th 16, 08:45 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.lang.borland-delphi,comp.arch,comp.lang.c,sci.electronics.design
Replies: 25
Views: 410
Posted By Tom Del Rosso[_6_]
Intel's Skylake Prime Number Bug.

Jerry Stuckle wrote:

Obviously if it's a microcode bug, an update should be able to fix it.
Even if it's a hardware bug, there might be a way around the bug in
the microcode.

That's not so...
Forum: Storage (alternative) December 24th 15, 01:14 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 4
Views: 662
Posted By Tom Del Rosso[_6_]
"B2 Cloud Storage Opens Public Beta"

VanguardLH wrote:

Personal plan: $5/month
Business plan: $50/year (so it's cheaper than the Personal plan)

But they have their own client software that is "not compatible with any
type of...
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