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We are digital librarians. Among us are represented the various reasons to keep data -- legal requirements, competitive requirements, uncertainty of permanence of cloud services, distaste for transmitting your data externally (e.g. government or corporate espionage), cultural and familial archivists, internet collapse preppers, and people who do it themselves so they're sure it's done right. Everyone has their reasons for curating the data they have decided to keep (either forever or For A Damn Long Time (tm) ). Along the way we have sought out like-minded individuals to exchange strategies, war stories, and cautionary tales of failures.

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I just got 8tb drives for $35 each on ebay. Was that a good deal? (alien.top)

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It was for 5 of them. They were ultrastar drives.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I’d suggest using crystaldiskinfo to view the smart data to see if there is anything concerning in there. Keep in mind all forms of storage media will die, it’s just a matter of when. As long as you are prepared for these drives to die and have backups id says it’s a good deal.