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   On Tue, 5/27/2025 6:11 AM, Dan Purgert wrote:   
   > On 2025-05-26, CtrlAltDel wrote:   
   >> I wanted to come back and update everyone on what options I chose. To help   
   >> save Mother Earth and to create no more waste and to purchase no more   
   >> clutter from capitalists to foul up our air and water, my brother-in-law   
   >> gave me some of his old SSD's he was no longer using.   
   >   
   > Here's hoping they weren't abused too much, and they last a while.   
      
   Using the SMART data about total LBA used, you can figure out   
   the device life and how much remains.   
      
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   I have 2390 of 2400 TBW remaining for drive life,   
   and the SSD will outlast me.   
      
   The last backup made of that drive, was ten months ago, and   
   I just finished a backup one hour ago. The backups go onto   
   hard drives :-)   
      
   As for the observation that storage companies are money grubbing   
   bastards, you have to remember that a large number of them   
   failed up and went out of business. The ones that remain, are   
   the "survivors", who get it.   
      
   They don't really like charging $600 for hard drives, because   
   you hardly sell any at all at that price. The one that is on   
   offer right now for $110, it's a stinker of a drive (SMR),   
   but I bet the public will buy those and hold their nose.   
   You don't use SMR (shingled) drives as boot drives. They   
   work best for holding large backup files (partimage).   
      
      Paul   
      
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