Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive error from SMART

[Dale]

Frank Steinmetzger wrote:
> Am Sat, Apr 16, 2022 at 12:45:20PM -0500 schrieb Dale:
>
>> My next project, find a good external drive enclosure like the three I
>> got now.  They no longer available tho.  I like them because they have a
>> fan, a eSATA port and a nifty display to let me know things are
>> working.  Really a good price for the features.  I don't like USB
>> connected drives.  Long story.
> How about a table-top dock?
> - no cable salad, caused by each enclosure having its own power supply and
>   data cable
> - disks are used “naked”, so no heat buildup and you are more flexible
>
> Here are some models with eSATA:
> https://skinflint.co.uk/?cat=hddocks&xf=4426_eSATA
> And one of them even has four slots → even fewer cables.
>
> That’s of course if you use the disks intermittently and store them away
> inbetween. If you plan on running them for longer durations at a time, it
> may be better to use a proper enclosure, in order to protect the disks from
> physical influences (impacts, short-circuits). Also, those SATA connectors
> are not designed to be connected often. I think I read about 50 cycles
> somewhere.
>

I've looked into those.  They do have advantages for sure.  One, the
bare drives take up less room in my fire safe.  Lots smaller than the
enclosures I have now.  My concern has always been the
plugging/unplugging a lot and dust when not in use.  I didn't know how
long those connectors are supposed to last but the bad thing is, when it
goes, the drive is gone to, plus the data.   I do like that it is in
open air which takes care of cooling pretty well.  I do my backups once
a week so it isn't as often as some situations but it isn't rare either. 

I've found a enclosure since my post but got to wait until next income
boost to get one.  May buy a few of them if I can.  I think the ones I
found have fans but no display but that's OK.  I really like having the
fan more than the display.  It likely doesn't help with huge airflow but
it gives it some airflow. 

I'm running pretty short on space in my case.  I have a Cooler Master
HAF-932 case.  I'm out of 3.5" spots.  I need to get some 5 1/4" to 3.5"
adapters.  I got some plastic thingys but they don't work in my case. 
It has that push button thingy and the plastic adapter is to loose for
my comfort.  Plus, it has little cooling too.  The 3.5" bays have that
big fan blowing on them. Working on a plan.  Maybe this is a good excuse
to start working on a NAS.  :/

Dale

:-)  :-)