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REVIVING OLD DISKS
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Most all of my machines now have SSD system storage. NAS boxes and USB hard disks are useful.
Apr 5, 2024
Hardcore Games
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REVIVING OLD DISKS
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I started with an IBM System 360 with 64KB of memory and only tape for storage. The System 370 had hard disks and tape.
Apr 3, 2024
Hardcore Games
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REVIVING OLD DISKS
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Resilvering is the term applied to server RAID boxes when new disks are installed. The controller recalculates the RAID values and...
Apr 3, 2024
Hardcore Games
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REVIVING OLD DISKS
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If your tin hat is rusty you can write random data to a disk but writing zeros assures controller translation tables can be updated, the...
Apr 3, 2024
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REVIVING OLD DISKS
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Its more fun with data center storage where disks are simply yanked and sold off cheap and larger disks are installed I bought several...
Apr 3, 2024
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REVIVING OLD DISKS
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RAID 6 is tolerant of 2 disks failing but RAID needs all disks to be identical
Apr 3, 2024
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Secure erase is usually only seen in server disks but writing zeros is quite adequate to clean data so even government can do it safely...
Apr 3, 2024
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In my studio I have storage galore. Old laptop hard disks live in USB-C boxes come in handy for backups etc. More recently USB-C boxes...
Apr 3, 2024
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RTX 2050 ResizeBAR Enabled?
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Intel said that ReBar is available in PCIe generally but vendors do not want to do that
Mar 29, 2024
Hardcore Games
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Policies - Performance & Lifespan of drives?(dedicated gaming disk/drive)
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1/3 total usage is excellent for long service life
Mar 28, 2024
Hardcore Games
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Policies - Performance & Lifespan of drives?(dedicated gaming disk/drive)
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The ratio of in use/free can affect the durability of a SSD so more free blocks allow the controller to better balance NAND cells to...
Mar 27, 2024
Hardcore Games
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Policies - Performance & Lifespan of drives?(dedicated gaming disk/drive)
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With low actual blocks used the 970 should last Check it with Crystal Disk Reports
Mar 26, 2024
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Crystaldiskinfo 8% bad state
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larger capacity SATA SSD are low cost and getting cheaper
Mar 26, 2024
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75W LOW PROFILE GPU OPTIONS
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Intel said ReBar is part of PCIe generally so most vendors gimmick machines to prevent it from working in order to force sales, which is...
Mar 18, 2024
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Buy from China
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Fleabay and Newegg seem to be my favorites
Mar 16, 2024
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