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Just got a fantastic gift from my husband :) (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/pcgaming

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So excited to consolidate my mess of drives and get a big boost to my storage.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Just don't go all the way cold. Both SSDs and HDDs need to be regularly powered to retain the data stored on them over a span of years. As long as you occasionally access the storage volume, you're good, but if you're planning on leaving a drive untouched and unpowered for more than five years, the data might not survive even if the drive does.

For that kind of long term resilience, there's really only tape drives and optical.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Obviously. I'm not actually recommending tape drives or optical, but rather that you simply do not leave your drives unpowered for 5+ years straight.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Optical might actually be an option for the most important data

Asterisks asterisks, I know :D

Tape drives though...I wish they would be more common and cheap.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's not necessarily the spin up that's the problem, but the fact that a magnetised bit doesn't last forever.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yes, but hardly because they planned on it. Don't use unpowered drives to store things! A safe bet is still a bet, data storage should not be a gamble.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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[–] Daveyborn 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

More or less how my setup is. Ssds in the desktop and spinning disk in the nas. I'm also impressed with how massive they've gotten over time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] Daveyborn 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm just a massive data hoarder who refuses to use streaming services.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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