Hey, I’m not sure where you got your factor of 5 years, but it was a number I pulled out my ass. I’m a repair depot I typically didn’t see drives that live much longer than 17k hours (just under 2 years). That didn’t mean that they always fall at that age, only that systems that came through had about that much time on them max.

Regarding the 136 vs 150 million numbers, those numbers are pure bullshit. MTBF is a raw calculation of how long it will take these devices to fall based on operational runtime over how many failures were experienced in the field. They most likely applied a small number of warranty failures over a massive number of manufacturing runs and projected that it would take that long for about half their drives to fall.

In reality, you will see failure spikes in the lifetime of a product. The initial failures will spike and drop off. I recall reading either the data surrounding this article or something similar when they realized that the bathtub curve may not be the full picture. They just updated it again for numbers from up to last year and you can see that it would be difficult to project an average lifetime of 20 years, much less 150.

My last thought on this is that when Backblaze mentions consumer vs enterprise drives they are possibly discussing SATA vs SAS. This comes from the realization that enterprise workstation drives are still just consumer drives with a part number label on them (seen in Dell and HP Enterprise equipment). Now, they could be referring to more expensive SATA drives, but I can’t imagine that they are using anything but SAS at this point in their lifecycle.

It’s the future we should all aspire to.

Stupid BAM Broadcom BAM Legacy BAM Wireless BAM Drivers BAM

I just read that recently. Let me see if I can run that source back down.

Edit: All in one CompTIA server plus certification exam guide second edition exam SK0-005 McGraw-Hill Daniel LaChance 2021 Page 138. In the table there it says that SATA is not designing for constant use.

Edit 2:

https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/tech-takes/sas-vs-sata

Reliability:

SAS: Designed for 24/7 operation with higher >mean time between failures (MTBF), often 1.6 million hours or more
SATA: Suitable for regular use but not as robust as SAS for constant, heavy workloads, with MTBF typically around 1.2 million hour

They are saying that SAS is a better option with a longer MTBF, but I don’t expect my drives to last 5 years, much less 136.

My own two cents here is that you probably don’t want to use SATA ZFS JBOD in an enterprise environment, but that’s more based on enterprise lifecycle management than utility.

Here is my combination lab and workbench. I have been busy trying to buy/sell/trade computers that I have become significantly behind on cleaning as I go. I also just got the network rack:

I haven’t had time between work, hustling, and home maintenance to finish getting the cabling managed or the NAS:

The goal is to get the NAS in the rack, UPS to the items in the rack, the 3D printer under the bench, and the monitors on the wall and off the bench. Then I’ll start in on plastic organizers for the bits and parts that clutter my bench.

I only ask because I work in a HP environment and run off a G3 sff myself.

Is that an EliteDesk 800 G3, G4, or G5?

I have been toying with the idea of using USB storage, but my concern is that the controllers are not meant to be used that heavily. Supposedly SATA controllers are also not built for the abuse I have been throwing them in my machines, and I don’t want to push it.

You will get in that fucking robot, Shinji.

I hate plastic wrap so much. Often it comes down to wrapping the item and then just ripping it because the cutter is gone.

The other items I will use the box in a pinch with no cutter.

I knew a flat Earth believer about ten years ago. I’d estimate hundreds at least.

Nothing works the same any more. This is bizarro land and we now have arrest warrants for civil proceedings.

You are not responsible for your feelings, only your actions.

https://feddit.org/comment/12114813

That comment says it better than I can.

1. They already are everywhere.
2. Hate doesn’t need a home.

A 64-bit version of edit seems to be in the works. You can cli install it for now, but MS is promising to include it eventually.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/edit/

If you are stuck in Windows, use Notepad++.

GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hersheys-chocolate-tastes-like-vomit_l_60479e5fc5b6af8f98bec0cd

Even if you are familiar with the process, I’ll leave this here for anyone interested in the why. Article is a bit apologetic to Hershey’s, but still seems to be good info.

Yes. Host recipes. Get productive.