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On 18/02/2021 08:20, Hund wrote: |
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>> Any thoughts about running a drive this old, and what I should be |
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>> looking at as a replacement? |
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> No matter how old or new your disk is, keep your backups current and in working shape. |
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> If it's old, I would just keep an extra eye on the S.M.A.R.T. status and replace it when it's getting close to dying. If you're lucky it will last you for a long time and if you're unlucky it could die any day, which is also to true for any disk. |
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I guess my Barracudas are that old ... |
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I'd just worry about the pre-fail warnings. I guess you need to replace |
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the drive, and that one's probably fine for short term backups - you |
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should always have a couple of backups lying around, so this could be |
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your daily incremental say. |
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Cheers, |
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Wol |
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