Re: voltage monitoring Q

[gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net>]

On Tuesday, 15 March 2022 02:43:59 EDT Richard Hector wrote:
> On 13/03/22 21:15, gene heskett wrote:
> > they are the last seacrate drives I'll own... Ever.
> 
> Lots of brands seem to go through bad patches. Even just bad batches.
> 
> For stuff I care about, I use RAID1 (mdraid), on NAS drives, from mixed
> manufacturers. So I'll have a pair consisting of a Seagate IronWolf
> and a WD Red. That way, if one dies, it's less likely that the other
> will immediately follow suit.
> 
> Except if I'm buying a 'server' from the local shop - they insist that
> mixing drives will be less reliable, but don't give reasons or
> evidence. I insisted for my home backup server, with a Supermicro
> server board, but they put 'Custom Workstation' on the invoice - I
> don't think they were prepared to call it a server.
> 
> Richard

I like that way of thinking Richard. For long term data retention it 
sounds more reliable to get rid of the cloned twins with the same disease 
problem.

Thanks.

Cheers, Gene Heskett.
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