I write insane amounts of data to my scratch drives (AI models, VMs, you name it). Currently, that is an SSD. I have worn a few below 100%. And since I don't have enough kidneys to sell for more SSDs, I'm trying something kind of retro.

I ordered a USB 3.2 DAS, and will load it with 4x 1TB WD VelociRaptor HDDs. This in RAID0 should give me near 1 gigabyte per second, plenty for the purpose. HDDs don't "wear out" from writing. (EDIT: as fast).

And the sound will be splendid 😁 Stay tuned. #data #datastorage #harddrives #ssd #storage #swap #scratch

Are we measuring wellness in terabytes already? I have some gold :)
One is clicking, but I don’t know which one. Will put them in a box with other unused hardware for now. Can be useful someday.

#hdd #hdds #harddrives #harddrive #hardware #wd #seagate #homelab

Ok, so due to my storage problems I have talked with family and someone gave me a NAS drive they weren't using. (It's basically new. Like 40 hours of use.) I have it in a drive bay that can be turned off so I don't have to listen to it spinning (though honestly it's the least annoying mechanical drive I've ever had.) I still want to keep it off when I'm not using it (most of the time,) hoping it will last that much longer.

Besides the obvious unmounting mounted partitions, what's the safest, best way to "remove" a drive in Linux before actually powering it off? I want to be sure all writes (even filesystem stuff) are done and the drive is ready for safe removal, but of course the computer sees a SATA drive as "internal."

No I'm not buying an enclosure.

#Linux #Harddrives #Storage

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/02/18/wd-seagate-2026-hard-drive-shortage-ai-data-centers-xcxwbn/

Hard Drive Prices Surge 50% as AI Data Centers Buy Out 2026 Supply

#BigTech #AI #HardDrives #WesternDigital #Seagate #CloudComputing #AIInfrastructure #Storage #DataCenters #AIDataCenters #Cloud

Stop it, get some HDDs!

• MentalOutlaw

I would if all the #AI-shilling #billionare sociopathic #assholes didn't buy up #SSDs and #HardDrives so hard that we're close to 2006 pricing per TB with worse availability than after the 2011 Flooding in Thailand!

• The #AIbubble must burst - right now and extra hard!
  • Before it'll destroy the world!!!