35000 power-on hours. SMART still reports it as OK.
Time to figure out how to rebuild a RAID 5 array. The other two drives are probably nearly cooked too, but I have plenty of spares that I got for free.
35000 power-on hours. SMART still reports it as OK.
Time to figure out how to rebuild a RAID 5 array. The other two drives are probably nearly cooked too, but I have plenty of spares that I got for free.
No backups. For important documents and photos, that was the backup and most of them have copies on my PC. The rest is easily replaced. I knew what I was getting into, and that the free, decommissioned hard drives with 20-30 thousand hours on them were a lit fuse.
Looking into making my own NAS, where’d you get these?
Benefit of my job: I get access to the scrap pile. I don’t know any reputable used/refurbished sellers.
Maybe look into the 3-2-1 backup scheme while you’re at it.
I know what it is, and I ensure compliance at work (I’m a sysadmin). At home, it’s less about best practices and more about what hardware I can afford. Manufacturers tend not to offer regional discounts. A 2-2-0 scheme is better than nothing at all.