emptiestplace @ emptiestplace @lemmy.ml

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Definitely isn't necessary, but if you search for '3.5" SAS lot' on ebay you might find all the drives you'll need to get to 50TB for the price of a couple new SATA drives.

Yeah, you don't want a surveillance drive. They are optimized for continuous writes, not random IO.

It's probably worth familiarizing yourself with the difference between CMR and SMR drives.

If you expect this to keep growing, it might make sense to switch to SAS now - then you can find some really cheap enterprise class drives on ebay that will perform a bit better in this type of configuration. You'd just need a cheap HBA (like a 9211-8i) and a couple breakout cables. You can use SATA drives with a SAS HBA, but not the other way around.

sometimes my brain's just a can opener

wtf, one would be fine

Sometimes our brains don't work properly. It's ok. You've held yourself accountable. You're a bit more careful now, and so is he. That's enough - it has to be.

It could be the same.

Ex-astronomer

:(

ehh... I think you're missing the part where Microsoft is actively exploiting its customer base throughout its entire product catalogue - the likelihood that this is an actual win is no.

They wouldn't be, they would be sorted by signal strength. I think that's around 40-50% of the joke, though.

I'd love to read a book about the organizational struggles they've faced over the years, but I guess that would just be political history... :(

I think I might've had a hard time not judging him for sharing that in an interview. Good on you for not.

Vegan and non vegans are are at the opposite extremes. One only eats meat, the other never eats meat.

Wow, very interesting! I really admire the way you make sense.

Censure is me yelling at you for using the wrong word.

You should probably attempt to understand the topic / post before diving in.

Believe it or not, death.

It's also because they fucking suck at managing complexity. Almost everything they make is fourteen arbitrarily named editions of the exact same bug-riddled trash we know and love. 365/Azure/fuckingentrawhat are barely usable. It's almost like they specialize in UI synchronization bugs - but I remember this being a problem even with Windows 3.1.

I realize this isn't a particularly hot take on Lemmy, but let's not pretend that all software is equally deficient - because there absolutely are better options.

Microsoft's Authenticator app is AWFUL. Just one example - there is a setting to backup to iCloud, but when you try to enable it, it demands you add a secondary (personal) Microsoft account.

Thank you for sharing your opinion and your brilliant advice on how to be constructive. I especially enjoyed the part where you said I shouted my comment with anger—that was really good!

This community needs moderation. :(