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From: Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 14:29:58
Message-Id: CAGfcS_mrZyqcJ_FkY40BbaktTeMB-PzhTgHwVKXd6=XuJgDjrQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60% by Neil Bothwick
1 On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 10:23 AM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
2 > On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 08:33:37 -0400, Rich Freeman wrote:
3 >
4 >> Typically drives tend to die for me about a year after I buy them -
5 >> alarmingly often, actually.
6 >
7 > Do you have a UPS? I used to get similar levels of failure, and not just
8 > drives,then I bought a UPS and things got much better. It seems the mains
9 > supply here is not as stable as it should be.
10
11 I do not, and I can't say I was terribly thrilled with the performance
12 with the last cheap UPS I bought.
13
14 The price to do it right tends to be moderately high, so it hasn't
15 been a priority. Perhaps I should look into it again.
16
17 Rich

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Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60% Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>