Random Rants
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nem: what are your experiences with standard WD disks?.. Which brand would you recommend?..
well worth it,,,try to steer clear of them ones called My Book,,,well know for failure,,tend to use Seagate meself,,,or Raptors,,,think them WD caviar drives are ok,,,but tbh,,,it all depends what you do with em,,,SSD is the way to go,,,fast,quiet,,,and getting affordable,,,ideally you should be looking good read /write speed,,,over capacity,,
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The 10k rpm drives seem to fail at higher rates. Those old 5400 rpm drives were bulletproof. 7200 is the better option these days (my opinion only).
agree totally,,,speed kills as they say,,way too much heat gets generated,,and if you aint got good airflow in yer tower,,,all tends to shorten the old life span,,,
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^well that's actually the exact same thing my boy did with the computer store. we opened the external case and stuck the hard drive into a an external hd slot, hooked up with the desktop. it started running but then there was a "clicking" bearable and he said it's fekked and that I have to sent it in to get it fixed/the data saved!
a company called me yesterday which is specialized in such things and they said it's pretty hard to fix it, since one little failure can mess up everything stored on it! so that's why the high cost and all…
snowy is right about his guess then:@Snowy:
Yeah that's going to be one of those expensive/risky to fix jobbies. Needs to be in an entirely dustless operation with a skilled technician.
Rafa,,have you been to the WD site,,they have a bit of software that you can download which you install that can search for problems on hard drives,,,
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DO NOT BUY A SSD for archival/storage purpose. They have a limited read/write capacity, that if used frequently will cause the drive to die, without fail in a few years. They are not made for archival purpose, yet.
Background: I'm a storage engineer for enterprises, working in the scale of petabytes of data. I often work on the scale of 1000's of HDDs.
I agree with Chris/nemesisnow that speed (heat) kills, and would stick around 7200RPM at the moment for long term storage. The ratio of drive failures I've seen/seen is about 4:2:1 from 15K, 10K, 7K.
My personal backup strategy @ home, is 2 local copies, and 1 remote/cloud backup. Testing data recovery every 6 months or so, writing every week or so….
In terms of drive, both WD and Seagate are good. Both will have drives that fail, which is why it's important to keep data in multiple places. I'm currently running Western Digital Caviar Black @ 1TB & 2TB.
@Finn, sorry to hear it is the head, fingers crossed, but sheet, touch and go!
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Ordered a running jacket from the UK. $106, free shipping. Got the delivery notice card from Canada Post today: $44 in Customs and taxes. Grrrr.
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Okay, so door frozen open today. Somehow got it open, but the door wouldn't latch shut.
Feeling like an imbecile.
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Go Chinese style- cash in little red envelopes.
Like these:
Always a hit, as far as I'm concerned…
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48°F outside and the AC in my office is still running….
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Couldn't figure whether this goes in random rants or random announcements. Since it's already too long, I figure Rants.
Over time Giles has written 2 things that have stuck w/me. 1) buy your size. and go with the maker's fit. If it doesn't, then it's not the jeans for you. I once didn't do this (sized up in a lower rise pair) and have regretted it: just should have owned up, that jean/cut wasn't for me. 2) 17 oz is about as heavy as you really want/need in raw. I have not followed this and have 17, 18, 19 and 21, and yes, they all work, and I like them all, but practically speaking (the deep down part of the old brain I used to have) I think he's right…17 is about optimal, even maybe 18, when it comes to raw (as opposed to sanforized), without the jeans becoming some extra something-or-other you are conscious of. These low-mid 20-somethings in Raw....well, challenge is always motivating, perseverance a fine trait, and the will can be a wonderful thing.....but sometimes nature has to win.
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21 oz sanforized IH denim is wonderful stuff. The more it breaks in, the better it gets (and it's really soft and excellent right from the start). Other than that, I agree with your post fully.
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There are few things that rape the Christmas spirit as effectively as the "music" of Mannheim Steamroller. Aren't they why the International Criminal Court in The Hague was established?
