it's not often that shit just works
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it's not often that shit just works@sh.itjust.worksto Linux@lemmy.ml•What are the rules of buying used storage?7·2 years agoOne anecdotal data point to consider… They might be really loud.
I am running a few 3TB drives that were formerly enterprise SAN drives, cleaned and sold for cheap. They work just fine (we won’t talk about game loading times here), but they are very audible clacking away when the head seeks.
Hitachi Ultrastar 7K4000 HUS724030ALE641 3TB 64MB cache Internal Hard Drive
S is operationally analogous to using a Chromebook.
There are people who will never need more than that.
We are not these people…