Subj : What to do with a gia To : Ky Moffet From : Barry Martin Date : Mon Feb 14 2022 07:38:00 Hi Ky! > > I've had computers die: remember once came home from work to find my 256 > > GB HDD now thinking it was a something like 48 GB drive. Have > KM> I remember that! > Good memory! No idea what happened - thinking maybe one of the r/w arms > broke as thought I heard a rattling. Computer was on a UPS so shouldn't > have been a shock from a voltage surge. KM> I've seen a HD with a busted r/w arm (head come loose and just KM> dangling) and another with the arm disconnected entirely. So it KM> does happen! In hind sight I should have opened the drive to see what happened. I know I tried a few recovery options. > > electronic backups to the NAS in the basement. > KM> What sort of NAS do you have? > ZyXEL NSA320 with a total of 5 TB storage (3 + 2). Antique by today's > standards but works fine. The only thing I have to do when mounting is KM> So long as it schlepps files back and forth and stores 'em KM> reliably, it's good enough, what else is a NAS supposed to do KM> anyway?? Provide another source for blinkenlichten! Actually pretty much my thoughts: just need it to store/backup data. The only two issues with it are current OSs whine about the low security version it has (can't be updated as no longer supported) -- I have a work-around and don't need the security. The other is it is getting a little long in the tooth and so might have some pending hardware issues. > KM> I have a bunch of 2TB SAS drives that I'd like to set up as a NAS > KM> or something similar. I was going to use Fireball, but its SAS > KM> chip is real twitchy-picky and only works with random OSs when it > KM> feels like it. Have a couple of SAS adapters that might work > KM> better, haven't tested yet. > I'm been planning to build my own NAS: KM> There exist NAS-OS images, tho I haven't looked into 'em. Have found some of them and glanced through. Some look pretty impressive! > use some of the old/smaller HDDs > for end-directories (instead of a sub-dir on a huge/new HDD). Some > other project bullies its way in front of the line.... KM> I guess until you run out of connectors... Strip and solder a few of the wires together to make Y-adapeters. > OTOH I have had thumbdrives here just die. Some were those 'yellow' > thumbdrives (the blue ones were fine). Others were some cheap ones (4 > GB) I bought more or less for sneakernet stuff. No problems that I can > recall with name brand ones. KM> I recall an Adventure with several bogus AData thumb drives.... KM> in my observation, all the off-brand drives are crap. If it's not KM> a Big Name, AVOID!! Yes, these were Adata thumbdrives. Not sure if it's an off-brand but I wasn't impressed by their customer service and so they are now on my Do Not Buy List. ¯ BarryMartin3@ ® ¯ @MyMetronet.NET ® .... TOOTHACHE: The pain that drives you to extraction. --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .