argv minus one<p>Power on hours: 143724<br>Reallocated sector count: zero<br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Btrfs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Btrfs</span></a> total checksum mismatches: zero<br>Btrfs total read/write errors: f**king zero</p><p>Slow though they may be, hard disk drives are amazing. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSD</span></a> s are cool and all, but how often do you find one that's old enough to drive a car and still functioning perfectly?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/HDD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HDD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/HardDisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HardDisk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/HardDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HardDrive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/HardDiskDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HardDiskDrive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SpinningRust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpinningRust</span></a></p>
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Marcus "MajorLinux" Summers<p>AI ruins everything yet again!</p><p>Western Digital Has Reportedly Bid Farewell To The SSD Market; SanDisk Will Now Be Responsible For Existing & Future Products </p><p><a href="https://wccftech.com/western-digital-has-reportedly-bid-farewell-to-the-ssd-market/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wccftech.com/western-digital-h</span><span class="invisible">as-reportedly-bid-farewell-to-the-ssd-market/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/WesternDigital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WesternDigital</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/SSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSD</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/HDD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HDD</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Storage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Storage</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/SanDisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanDisk</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hardware</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a></p>
Dr. Ferrous 🧁<p>Gandalf is currently shredding an old <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/HDD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HDD</span></a> that no longer stores backups and has a ton of FERPA protected files. The command has been running for 10 min and it's only done 17Gb/1.9Tb on the first pass... there will be 4 passes. Is this going to take all weekend? Stay tuned. </p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/BackupYourData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BackupYourData</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/exciting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exciting</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/NotReally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NotReally</span></a></p>
argv minus one<p>Behold the true power of voice coil actuators!</p><p>That's a late-1990s hard disk drive head seeking around. Real-time; video is not sped up. That's how incredibly fast and precise they are.</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/YoavWJ1fQno?t=439&si=xUp2D30-AmHJsY_D" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/YoavWJ1fQno?t=439&si=</span><span class="invisible">xUp2D30-AmHJsY_D</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/HDD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HDD</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://computerfairi.es/@mavica_again" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mavica_again</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@cstross" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cstross</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oldbytes.space/@NF6X" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>NF6X</span></a></span> also lets be clear, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bitbang.social/@NanoRaptor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>NanoRaptor</span></a></span> does <em>"Premium" <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Shitpost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shitpost</span></a>|s</em> or rather <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NextLevel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NextLevel</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Memes</span></a>"</em> to the point that I'd not be surprised if she makes a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NeoFloppy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeoFloppy</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Jaz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jaz</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Zip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zip</span></a> mashup and showcases a nonexistant <em>"vintage" portable SSD</em> with like old <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ROM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ROM</span></a> chips or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RAM</span></a> chips...</p><ul><li>I mean, the only reason <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ODD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ODD</span></a>'s and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HDD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HDD</span></a>'s ever got built is because <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CoreMemory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoreMemory</span></a> and other storage couldn't scale up faster.</li></ul><p>But <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhatIf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhatIf</span></a> it did?</p><ul><li><em>plays <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsxsQkKnmBI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Vsauce music</a></em></li></ul>
Steve Leach<p>So I just bought a new 4TB <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/Seagate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seagate</span></a> mechanical USB <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/HDD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HDD</span></a> to backup both my laptops and upgrade to <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/Debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Debian</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/trixie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trixie</span></a>. </p><p>When I bought my first *new* hard drive in high-school (in the early-mid 90's), prices were about $1/MB which means my latest drive would have cost just over four trillion dollars after tax.</p><p>I always think I have a grasp of exponential progress in <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computing</span></a> until I compare my latest Amazon purchase to the 386 I started with.</p>
Franz Graf<p>If you've bought a new <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Seagate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seagate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hdd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hdd</span></a> , maybe you want to check if it's really a NEW one - or one that has spend a couple of years already in a server:</p><p><a href="https://www.heise.de/news/Betrug-mit-Seagate-Festplatten-Dutzende-Leser-melden-Verdachtsfaelle-10258657.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">heise.de/news/Betrug-mit-Seaga</span><span class="invisible">te-Festplatten-Dutzende-Leser-melden-Verdachtsfaelle-10258657.html</span></a></p>
Dendrobatus Azureus<p>HDD SSD space should be counted in binary.</p><p>1KB in binary is 1024.</p><p>A 32 TB hard drive is in fact 30.517578125 TB unpartitioned /unformatted capacity, as the binary system on the computer actually uses it</p><p>I know about all those confusing terms that you can find when you go and search on different engines; those are just to confuse and convolute the fact that drives sold are under capacity</p><p>Counting storage in decimals is a crime, a marketing scheme which should have been outlawed globally.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/FileSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FileSystems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/HDD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HDD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/SSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Storage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Storage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Standards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Standards</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Binary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Binary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Hexadecimal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hexadecimal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/freeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/DOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Partition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Partition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a></p>
argv minus one<p>I extracted some old <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/HDD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HDD</span></a> platters a while back and now use them as a desk toy, and I find one thing striking: they stick together!</p><p>I think it's because they're so incredibly, microscopically flat and smooth. No air gap between them to separate them. One of them I bent while trying to extract it, and it doesn't stick like the others do.</p><p>So that's neat. Not as neat as magnetically recording about half a trillion bits each (omgwtf how is that possible), but still neat.</p>
argv minus one<p>You know what's cooler than a machine that records 256 trillion bits on a piece of spinning metal?</p><p>A machine that records 256 trillion bits on a piece of spinning metal WITH A LASER.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/HDD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HDD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/HAMR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HAMR</span></a></p>
Erik van Straten<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@itsfoss" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>itsfoss</span></a></span> : for multiple reasons (*) it's wiser to use FDE (Full Disk Encryption) from the start. To make your data inaccessible, replace your master password by something random and long, and forget it (that password).</p><p>(*) I'll elaborate on request.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/WronglyReportedDiskSize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WronglyReportedDiskSize</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SectorsMarkedAsBad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SectorsMarkedAsBad</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SSDExtraSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSDExtraSpace</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SSDWear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSDWear</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDE</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSD</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/HDD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HDD</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>I think that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CAMM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CAMM</span></a> is a bad design compared to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SODIMM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SODIMM</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DIMM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DIMM</span></a>... </p><ul><li>Like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a>'s bs of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SolderedDownRAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolderedDownRAM</span></a> but <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXp4g-KzdAI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">just slightly less worse</a> cuz now one could <em>only in theory</em> get a daughterboard and doesn't have to replace individual chips.</li></ul><p>Still, just gimme regular-ass socketed Chips & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DIMMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DIMMs</span></a> ffs!</p><ul><li>Also we don't need to make the THINN-nest machines ffs - just make them <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/repairable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>repairable</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/serviceable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>serviceable</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/upgradeable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>upgradeable</span></a>, because <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AntiRepairDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiRepairDesign</span></a> is way more unsustainable than the 0,1% of idiots who give a shit about whether their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DDR5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DDR5</span></a>-RAM can do 6400MT/s or 4800MT/s, simply because most users won't notice that at all (unlike switching from a 2,5" <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SATA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SATA</span></a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HDD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HDD</span></a> running at 5400rpm to an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NVMe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NVMe</span></a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSD</span></a> that maxes out <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PCIe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PCIe</span></a> 4x connections.</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FACT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FACT</span></a>: <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RAM</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSD</span></a>|s are inevitably dying due to age and use and like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ThermalPaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThermalPaste</span></a> need to be <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/replaceable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>replaceable</span></a> for a device to work longterm!</p><ul><li>So stop the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittification</span></a> of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> FFS!</li></ul><p>I'd rather have a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/THICC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>THICC</span></a> af <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/laptop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>laptop</span></a> that actually survives my daily use than some flimsy <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tablet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tablet</span></a> that snaps in half if I sneeze at it.</p><ul><li>No seriously, most devices can't even fit proper ports and cooling fans for no good reason whatsoever!</li></ul><p>Also I think it's insulting to frame basic <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXp4g-KzdAI&t=306s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">things like</a> <em>"stability"</em> as a negative.</p><ul><li>Guess what? People want to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GetShitDone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GetShitDone</span></a> and the folks that actually buy a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MobileWorkstation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobileWorkstation</span></a> want to be able to rely on that equipment...</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://martinh.net/@m" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>m</span></a></span> I'd just refuse to buy anything that comes with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Govware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Govware</span></a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OS</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows11</span></a> preinstalled.</p><ul><li>In fact I'd rather not buy anything or pay more than the $25 <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> pays for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> preinstalls to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OEM</span></a>|s just to get around this shit and not having to wipe it off.</li></ul><p>Just buying the devices without any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSD</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HDD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HDD</span></a> in or explicitly without <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WinShit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WinShit</span></a> on is one of the best option...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>Seriusly, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DVDRAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DVDRAM</span></a> rocked!</p><ul><li>until cheap external <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HDD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HDD</span></a>|s came along...</li></ul><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecH3OU0R4ls" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=ecH3OU0R4l</span><span class="invisible">s</span></a></p>
Christos Argyropoulos MD PhD<p>How many <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GPUs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GPUs</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HDD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HDD</span></a> can I fit into the monster ?</p>
Christos Argyropoulos MD, PhD<p>How many <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/GPUs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GPUs</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/HDD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HDD</span></a> can I fit into the monster ?</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodontech.de/@alterelefant" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>alterelefant</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@Heidi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Heidi</span></a></span> As of now, we can see stuff like the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ExaDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExaDrive</span></a>, a 100TB 3,5" SSD for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/online" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>online</span></a> - <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/archival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archival</span></a> storage.</p><ul><li>As <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Helium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Helium</span></a>-filled <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SMR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SMR</span></a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HDD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HDD</span></a>|s struggle to meet the demand for storage at an acceptable thermal & power envelope and price, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSD</span></a>|s will inevitable take over as not only the more robust media but also cheaper, more dense and easier to use.</li></ul><p>As for the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NeoFloppy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeoFloppy</span></a> that thing could be made - I'm just not good enough layouting PCBs with the precision needed for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PCIe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PCIe</span></a> signalling...</p><ul><li>Needless to say if constant write speed and lifetime in writes is secondary, then a stack of cheap <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SATA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SATA</span></a>-SSDs already beats <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LTO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LTO</span></a>-9 tapes unless you need to backup literal <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Petabytes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Petabytes</span></a> and need the fancy features like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WORM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WORM</span></a> media.</li></ul><p>That being said, it's inevitable that even WORM as a feature may be copied over.</p><ul><li>In fact <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ZFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZFS</span></a> can already offer many features of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LTFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LTFS</span></a>, including read-only snapshots and thus append-only <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/archives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archives</span></a>. </li></ul><p>Until there are <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/COTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COTS</span></a> solutions tho, LTO <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tape</span></a> and other options will OFC remain dominant and relevant.</p><ul><li>Still I'd happily see storage vendors take up the <a href="https://github.com/KBtechnologies/NeoFloppy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NeoFloppy</a> and build something off it.</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodontech.de/@alterelefant" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>alterelefant</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@Heidi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Heidi</span></a></span> I think that is true, abeit <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HDD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HDD</span></a>|s will sooner or later follow <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LTO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LTO</span></a> and other <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tape</span></a> drive systems as they fall behind in data density, power efficiency and longterm price per TB.</p><p><a href="https://github.com/KBtechnologies/NeoFloppy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/KBtechnologies/NeoF</span><span class="invisible">loppy</span></a></p>
bgrier 🇨🇦 🍁<p>Some non-spinning platters</p><p>Over the years I've accumulated a few dead hard drives. Not wanting to dump them in the eco-station in any sort of usable way, I've taken to disassembling them.</p><p>And each time I've been struck by the beauty of engineering hidden away inside these tiny spinning devices.</p><p>Neat thing, the platters are almost the perfect size to make neat drink coasters :)</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Retrotech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retrotech</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Engineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Engineering</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HDD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HDD</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Upcycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Upcycling</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DIY</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Coasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coasters</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Computing</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/VintageComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VintageComputing</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HardDisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HardDisk</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HardDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HardDrive</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>Seems <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cursed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cursed</span></a> but isn't: A <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HDD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HDD</span></a> for the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Macintosh</span></a> 512k with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Floppy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Floppy</span></a> connector...</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug_E9a_HtfQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=Ug_E9a_Htf</span><span class="invisible">Q</span></a></p>
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