Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!sewer!alphared!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: gene heskett Newsgroups: linux.debian.user Subject: Re: smartctl cannot access my storage, need syntax help Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2024 12:40:01 +0100 Message-ID: References: X-Original-To: debian-user@lists.debian.org X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-user-request@lists.debian.org Tue Jan 23 11:34:37 2024 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.19 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, FVGT_m_MULTI_ODD=0.02, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, MONEY=0.5, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate:hard: -3.5 Auth-Sender: gheskett@shentel.net MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Ctch-Spam: Unknown X-Ctch-Refid: str=0001.0A702F17.65AFA40E.002E,ss=1,re=0.000,recu=0.000,reip=0.000,cl=1,cld=1,fgs=0 X-Originalarrivaltime: 23 Jan 2024 11:33:34.0649 (UTC) FILETIME=[FFE3C290:01DA4DEF] X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/808367 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/97b93e56-8da1-421c-8ce3-8f2a493c9a17@shentel.net Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 37 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2024 06:32:54 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: <97b93e56-8da1-421c-8ce3-8f2a493c9a17@shentel.net> X-Original-References: <44e7db6d-9524-4ca2-8414-7b2e1bb67c5d@holgerdanske.com> <257e63f6-0e93-4a64-8f6f-e7e19bd4647a@shentel.net> <26287bbf-ccd4-49af-b3e3-19c23990ef9a@shentel.net> <653e6d83-6410-42e8-b97c-9b16d1652401@holgerdanske.com> <12d40df6-0f9b-4ce1-bdfa-dd10159afee7@shentel.net> <518aa45c-03bb-499e-82f9-d0b73d51f717@holgerdanske.com> <41ae8020-d3d0-48b8-acaf-49c35c8d28c3@shentel.net> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.user:266513 On 1/23/24 06:12, Gremlin wrote: > On 1/23/24 06:04, gene heskett wrote: >> On 1/23/24 00:30, Karl Vogel wrote: >>>>> On 1/22/24 11:31, gene heskett wrote: >>> >>> G> How does an 8T backup server sound for another $200 in hdwe?  Very >>> G> enticing and I do have the sheckel's. >>> >>> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CQJBSQL >>> Seagate Desktop 8TB external Hard Drive, 3.5 Inch, USB 3.0 STGY8000400 >>> $168.18 >>> >>> What if you buy two, use one for a complete backup and the other for >>> incrementals or differentials?  (I know, more than $200...) >>> >> My disastrous experience with the last pair of seagates preclude >> exploring that path, ever again. I bought a couple 2T's to replace  2 >> 1T's I had outgrown and had close to 70,000 spining hours on the. >> They lasted a bit less than 30 days, dropping off the sata cables >> connecting then, never to be found again. Then I find they were >> shingled tech, and helium filled so the heads flew lower. > > > https://www.howtogeek.com/803276/cmr-vs.-smr-hard-drives-whats-the-difference/ I carefully note, the use of Helium and its problems is very carefully ignored. > . Cheers, Gene Heskett. -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis