Comment on This new 40TB hard drive from Seagate is just the beginning—50TB is coming fast!
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days agoIt’s all anecdotal for the most part. I’ve had two DOA WD drives in a row before, but no dead seagates.
As a side note, I hope you have those two WDs backed up, they’re overdue for a death.
MangioneDontMiss@lemm.ee 2 days ago
Trust me, I’ve been waiting for those ancient WDs to die. I’m actually using them in a raid 1 config, so if one dies the other remains. I’ve also got anything really important backed up to cloud storage. I’ve worked in software for 20+ years. I’m very well accustomed to data loss and recovery.
PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 2 days ago
Backs up anything “really important” to cloud storage
Yes, I do believe you are very well accustomed to data loss.
MangioneDontMiss@lemm.ee 2 days ago
Almost every bit of data i have is redundant. The stuff I back up to cloud storage is the stuff I would care about if my house were to burn down. But that stuff is all double, and triple backed up, locally as well.