#harddisk — Public Fediverse posts
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Il RAID non serve solo a proteggere i dati: a seconda della configurazione può offrire più velocità, più spazio o maggiore sicurezza in caso di guasti. 😎👇️
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Il RAID non serve solo a proteggere i dati: a seconda della configurazione può offrire più velocità, più spazio o maggiore sicurezza in caso di guasti. 😎👇️
Scopri tutte le mie infografiche dedicate al mondo dei PC su @[email protected] la comunità degli appassionati di PC e retrocomputing
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Considering spending $2k on hard drives with the expectation that they won't be cheaper any time soon.
* 4 x Refurbished 20 TB for 2 mutual offsite backups with mirroring
Is it the smart decision? I don't know. Probably not. But I've got dying drives and my 8 TB is running out of space.
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I was just listening to ATP Podcast, June 30 eposide, "And Do What?" (I'm a little behind in my listening).
The title is taken from the "Ask ATP" section of the show where someone wrote in asking what three vintage computers the hosts would like, if offered.
Responses were mixed, but early Macs and iOS devices were the main units discussed (and Casey's ThinkPads). Also discussed are those who just collect as an end in itself, and those who actually use these old systems. Getting them online was a big question for Marco.
I know I'm a little older than John, but I was surprised that no Apple II, C64, Atari 8-bits, etc. were mentioned, and I'm looking mainly at Marco who had the most to say about setting them up "and do what" then. How do you get programs onto these pre-internet computers?
I wanted to point out that there are a great many modern devices that make vintage computing much more approachable than the uninitiated may be aware of. I am the sort of collector that is primarily interested in using these systems, once acquired, and I have a room full of them -- most older than the systems discussed in the episode:
https://www.bytecellar.com/photo_pano.html
For most of my floppy-based systems, I've added various flash-based floppy disk emulation hardware and HD/large volume emulation hardware for others. Apple IIe, IIgs, TI-99/4A, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, my Amigas, NeXTstation, DOS 486, Tandy 1000, etc. As well, a few "WiFi modems" (serial to WiFi using ESP32 tech) get passed around to let them connect to my modern systems or the internet directly. There's a great deal of modern, enabling hardware for those in the hobby.
I use these systems quite often. None are my daily drivers, but one or two is usually on, doing something, on any given day. I'm not browsing the web on these, but demos, games, chat clients, data (tracker mods, video, etc.) streaming -- there's even a Mastodon client running on my 5x86 that actually does the TLS locally and supports image attachments.
There's a lot you can do with systems rather older than those discussed on the show, I'm here to say. :-)
#ATPPodcast #ATP #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #collecting #vintageapple #hobbies #nostalgia #computers #podcast #floppydisk #harddisk #GoTek #wifi232 #modem #modernretro #ByteCellar #tech #vintagetech
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I was just listening to ATP Podcast, June 30 eposide, "And Do What?" (I'm a little behind in my listening).
The title is taken from the "Ask ATP" section of the show where someone wrote in asking what three vintage computers the hosts would like, if offered.
Responses were mixed, but early Macs and iOS devices were the main units discussed (and Casey's ThinkPads). Also discussed are those who just collect as an end in itself, and those who actually use these old systems. Getting them online was a big question for Marco.
I know I'm a little older than John, but I was surprised that no Apple II, C64, Atari 8-bits, etc. were mentioned, and I'm looking mainly at Marco who had the most to say about setting them up "and do what" then. How do you get programs onto these pre-internet computers?
I wanted to point out that there are a great many modern devices that make vintage computing much more approachable than the uninitiated may be aware of. I am the sort of collector that is primarily interested in using these systems, once acquired, and I have a room full of them -- most older than the systems discussed in the episode:
https://www.bytecellar.com/photo_pano.html
For most of my floppy-based systems, I've added various flash-based floppy disk emulation hardware and HD/large volume emulation hardware for others. Apple IIe, IIgs, TI-99/4A, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, my Amigas, NeXTstation, DOS 486, Tandy 1000, etc. As well, a few "WiFi modems" (serial to WiFi using ESP32 tech) get passed around to let them connect to my modern systems or the internet directly. There's a great deal of modern, enabling hardware for those in the hobby.
I use these systems quite often. None are my daily drivers, but one or two is usually on, doing something, on any given day. I'm not browsing the web on these, but demos, games, chat clients, data (tracker mods, video, etc.) streaming -- there's even a Mastodon client running on my 5x86 that actually does the TLS locally and supports image attachments.
There's a lot you can do with systems rather older than those discussed on the show, I'm here to say. :-)
#ATPPodcast #ATP #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #collecting #vintageapple #hobbies #nostalgia #computers #podcast #floppydisk #harddisk #GoTek #wifi232 #modem #modernretro #ByteCellar #tech #vintagetech
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Prestazioni HDD? Valutare le condizioni operative HW e SF: Le prestazioni di un hard disk essenziali per la videosorveglianza e non solo non dipendono solo dalla velocita’ di trasferimento indicata nella scheda...
#harddisk #videosorveglianza #Toshiba #HDD #storage http://dlvr.it/TTkmXv -
So I have "gaming" #laptop which came with 500 GB #nvme drive and space for other #HardDisk. I moved system (three partitions, /, /home and /opt which I somehow use like D drive on Windows :blobCat_giggle: ) to this nvme and put 500 GB #ssd drive from previous laptop in empty space. This ssd drive is used for #Steam library as a whole. And later I got 5 TB drive (not ssd) for birthday and it's also used for additional Steam library. And now it's almost half full.
What's wrong with me?
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So I have "gaming" #laptop which came with 500 GB #nvme drive and space for other #HardDisk. I moved system (three partitions, /, /home and /opt which I somehow use like D drive on Windows :blobCat_giggle: ) to this nvme and put 500 GB #ssd drive from previous laptop in empty space. This ssd drive is used for #Steam library as a whole. And later I got 5 TB drive (not ssd) for birthday and it's also used for additional Steam library. And now it's almost half full.
What's wrong with me?
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I am experiencing this with #OpenZFS
➜ ~ sudo zpool status -x
pool: ughetto
state: DEGRADED
status: One or more devices could not be used because the label is missing or
invalid. Sufficient replicas exist for the pool to continue
functioning in a degraded state.
action: Replace the device using 'zpool replace'.
see: https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/msg/ZFS-8000-4J
scan: scrub in progress since Sat Jun 27 18:44:31 2026
141G / 141G scanned, 11.8G / 141G issued at 184M/s
0B repaired, 8.39% done, 00:12:00 to go
config:
NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM
ughetto DEGRADED 0 0 0
mirror-0 DEGRADED 0 0 0
653332104939013944 UNAVAIL 0 0 0 was /dev/sdb1
sdc ONLINE 0 0 0
cache
sda FAULTED 0 0 0 corrupted data
errors: No known data errorsThis has already happened, but at a point where I didn’t mind losing the data, so I destroyed the pool and I recreated it from scratch, with no errors. Now, I would like to try to repair the corrupted data… Any tips? I would hate it if I have to throw away the hard disk, it’s less than one year old and I have been using it only for a couple of months… Is replacing the disk my only option?
#ZFS #systemAdministration #help #sysAd #techSupport #dataLoss #storage #partition #hardDisk #HDD #Linux #filesystem #data #storage
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I am experiencing this with #OpenZFS
➜ ~ sudo zpool status -x
pool: ughetto
state: DEGRADED
status: One or more devices could not be used because the label is missing or
invalid. Sufficient replicas exist for the pool to continue
functioning in a degraded state.
action: Replace the device using 'zpool replace'.
see: https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/msg/ZFS-8000-4J
scan: scrub in progress since Sat Jun 27 18:44:31 2026
141G / 141G scanned, 11.8G / 141G issued at 184M/s
0B repaired, 8.39% done, 00:12:00 to go
config:
NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM
ughetto DEGRADED 0 0 0
mirror-0 DEGRADED 0 0 0
653332104939013944 UNAVAIL 0 0 0 was /dev/sdb1
sdc ONLINE 0 0 0
cache
sda FAULTED 0 0 0 corrupted data
errors: No known data errorsThis has already happened, but at a point where I didn’t mind losing the data, so I destroyed the pool and I recreated it from scratch, with no errors. Now, I would like to try to repair the corrupted data… Any tips? I would hate it if I have to throw away the hard disk, it’s less than one year old and I have been using it only for a couple of months… Is replacing the disk my only option?
#ZFS #systemAdministration #help #sysAd #techSupport #dataLoss #storage #partition #hardDisk #HDD #Linux #filesystem #data #storage
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Zum Montagmorgen eine 80 GB-Festplatte Seagate Barracuda.
Innendrin besteht der Plattenstapel aus 1 Platte, also eher kein Stapel12 Fotos unter https://w.wiki/RGhx © Raimond Spekking / CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons) - dabei 1 wirklich schlechtes Foto eines andere Fotografen
#RaysTechnikFotos #Festplatte #HardDisk #Electronics #Seagate
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Discovering Hard Disk Physical Geometry Through Microbenchmarking (2019)
https://blog.stuffedcow.net/2019/09/hard-disk-geometry-microbenchmarking/
#HackerNews #harddisk #microbenchmarking #technology #dataanalysis #storage
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Discovering Hard Disk Physical Geometry Through Microbenchmarking (2019)
https://blog.stuffedcow.net/2019/09/hard-disk-geometry-microbenchmarking/
#HackerNews #harddisk #microbenchmarking #technology #dataanalysis #storage
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AI e videosorveglianza: per Toshiba lo storage diventa elemento chiave: L’evoluzione dell’intelligenza artificiale sta cambiando in modo significativo il panorama della videosorveglianza, introducendo funzioni come analisi...
#Toshiba #videosorveglianza #AI #intelligenzaartificiale #harddisk http://dlvr.it/TRJK9l -
I wonder, what the highest density #harddisk or any other storage media that one can reasonable #diy is these days?
(Not counting data compression, just the raw uncompressed amount of data you could store on any storage media you built yourself).
Cassette tapes would probably be the easiest as that has already been used once in the past. But there for sure must be other/better/different options with todays "diy-level tools and capabilities", right?
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I wonder, what the highest density #harddisk or any other storage media that one can reasonable #diy is these days?
(Not counting data compression, just the raw uncompressed amount of data you could store on any storage media you built yourself).
Cassette tapes would probably be the easiest as that has already been used once in the past. But there for sure must be other/better/different options with todays "diy-level tools and capabilities", right?
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Make sum noise! #harddisk #retrocomputing
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Make sum noise! #harddisk #retrocomputing
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It occurred to me that I've had a #harddisk fail on me and lose data in like 2001 and vowed to only use #raid ever since.
And I have, my primary laptop has 4 #nvme drives in raid10, my thin and light has 2 in raid 1, my desktop 4 in raid 10 also.
It also occurred to me that even since the first sata ssd I've used I've never not even once had an #ssd fail without warning, ever.
I'm probably gonna keep using raid but I'm beginning to think maybe it's not really necessary any more...
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It occurred to me that I've had a #harddisk fail on me and lose data in like 2001 and vowed to only use #raid ever since.
And I have, my primary laptop has 4 #nvme drives in raid10, my thin and light has 2 in raid 1, my desktop 4 in raid 10 also.
It also occurred to me that even since the first sata ssd I've used I've never not even once had an #ssd fail without warning, ever.
I'm probably gonna keep using raid but I'm beginning to think maybe it's not really necessary any more...
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Western Digital has zero hard drives left for 2026. It’s February...
AI companies are deliberately creating physical memory scarcity so your data only lives on their infrastructure.
The goal is not innovation. It's holding your memories hostage and forcing you to rent space and useless AI compute that serves no real purpose.
https://gizmodo.com/because-of-ai-western-digital-hard-drives-are-sold-out-2000722591
#UsersAReFodder #SiValleyGrift #ai #greed #WesternDigital #harddisk #storage
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CW: Profanity
Friends on Facebook:
Ooooh look at this AI cartoon avatar I created. Isn't it amazing?
Me:
I can't fucking buy hard drives for CCTV systems for love nor money because of AI data centres glutting them all.
CCTV system:
Beep beep bee-de-beep. "Storage failure"#aibubble #aisucks #harddriveshortage #harddisk #harddrive #aiisnotart #aiisbullshit
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CW: Profanity
Friends on Facebook:
Ooooh look at this AI cartoon avatar I created. Isn't it amazing?
Me:
I can't fucking buy hard drives for CCTV systems for love nor money because of AI data centres glutting them all.
CCTV system:
Beep beep bee-de-beep. "Storage failure"#aibubble #aisucks #harddriveshortage #harddisk #harddrive #aiisnotart #aiisbullshit
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@ScottHelme Is it a multi-layer PCB?
That looks like a surface-mount capacitor to me but I am not even slightly an expert.
Wondering if you might be able to "just" solder in a replacement cap if you can find the value. I did a quick search but could only find a whole new PCB (which I spose might be an option).
Anyone know more?
#Electronics #Repair #HardDisk #PCB -
@ScottHelme Is it a multi-layer PCB?
That looks like a surface-mount capacitor to me but I am not even slightly an expert.
Wondering if you might be able to "just" solder in a replacement cap if you can find the value. I did a quick search but could only find a whole new PCB (which I spose might be an option).
Anyone know more?
#Electronics #Repair #HardDisk #PCB -
Zum Technikmontag gibt es eine 2,5"-Festplatte aus Anfang der 1990er-Jahre. Kapazität = 121 MB (!). Da hätten damals lediglich 4-5 Fotos im Raw-Format der Wikipedia:Lokal K- Kamera draufgepasst.
16 Fotos unter https://w.wiki/HRSY © Raimond Spekking / CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
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Man, in 17 years, #HardDisk capacity has only gone up 10x
Source:
Today: https://www.newegg.com/Desktop-External-Hard-Drives/SubCategory/ID-414
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Man, in 17 years, #HardDisk capacity has only gone up 10x
Source:
Today: https://www.newegg.com/Desktop-External-Hard-Drives/SubCategory/ID-414
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One Laptop Manufacturer Had To Stop Janet Jackson Crashing Laptops - There are all manner of musical myths, covering tones and melodies that have effec... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/01/one-laptop-manufacturer-had-to-stop-janet-jackson-crashing-laptops/ #computerhacks #janetjackson #rhythmnation #harddrive #featured #interest #computer #harddisk #history
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#WD launches #HDD #recycling process that reclaims #rareearth elements, cuts out #China
#WesternDigital announced it has created a large-scale #harddisk drive recycling program in concert with #Microsoft and recycling-industry partners #CMR (Critical Materials Recycling) and #PedalPoint Recycling. The new process reclaims Rare Earth Oxides (REO) containing dysprosium, neodymium, and praseodymium from hard drives, along with aluminum, steel, gold, palladium, and copper.
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/hdds/wd-launches-hdd-recycling-process-that-reclaims-rare-earth-elements-cuts-out-china -
Stack your Overflow!
#retrocomputing #virus #hardware #harddisk #gif
