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Re: Somebody fucking help me. by Ray, of Light 05/07/2003, 6:36pm PDT
mrs. johnson wrote:

First of all, what is average failure rate of a drive? How much time do they last until it just dies of age?
1%/year is a good rule of thumb. If continuously on, and protected from physical shock, most will last 10 years and more.

What options do I have?


Swapping 30+ DVDs sounds tedious, especially if your collection changes frequently. Inconvenient backups tend not to get done.

Keeping copies on a new harddrive is simple and cheap. Be sure to get a second copy of the data before investing in plain redundancy (RAID, or instant software mirroring); it won't protect against human or software errors.

Ray!
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Somebody fucking help me. by mrs. johnson 05/07/2003, 1:33am PDT NEW
    Solution - listen to less trance NT by Entropy Stew 05/07/2003, 1:54am PDT NEW
        At this point, trance takes up only about 15 gigs. NT by mrs. johnson 05/07/2003, 1:57am PDT NEW
            Wait, I know this - back it up "with a lever big enough". Yeah. NT by Entropy Stew 05/07/2003, 1:59am PDT NEW
            You just keep talking while I triangulate your position... NT by Hillary Rosen 05/07/2003, 4:31am PDT NEW
    Re: Somebody fucking help me by laudablepuss 05/07/2003, 2:04am PDT NEW
        Re: Somebody fucking help me by Guido Jones 05/07/2003, 6:40am PDT NEW
    Re: Somebody fucking help me. by Ray, of Light 05/07/2003, 6:36pm PDT NEW
        Re: Somebody fucking help me. by Entropy Stew 05/07/2003, 6:45pm PDT NEW
            How old can a new drive get? Hard to say. NT by Ray, of Light 05/07/2003, 7:17pm PDT NEW
                Three NT by Mr. Owl 05/08/2003, 12:55pm PDT NEW
    You've still got all the original CDs, right? NT by niche 05/07/2003, 6:49pm PDT NEW
    Thanks for all the replies by mrs. johnson 05/07/2003, 8:16pm PDT NEW
        Re: Thanks for all the replies by laudablepuss 05/07/2003, 8:40pm PDT NEW
 
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