From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 21/07/2024 10:22, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:   
   > On Sun, 21 Jul 2024 09:31:03 +0100   
   > The Natural Philosopher  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 21/07/2024 09:06, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>> On Wed, 17 Jul 2024 12:10:22 +0100, druck wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> By the time any type of storage device is reporting errors during   
   >>>> actual use, it's already in a really bad way, and should have been   
   >>>> replaced.   
   >>>   
   >>> This is why you have redundant systems. That’s how the pros do it.   
   >>   
   >> No. Its why you use SMART.   
   >>   
   >> AND redundant storage, which SSDs already have built in   
   >   
   > 	Yes but the kind of redundancy I thought of first was some kind of   
   > RAID or live backup (I do both and monitor SMART) so that there isn't just   
   > one copy of the data ready to be used.   
   >   
   Oh indeed. My new server will feature two SMART enabled SSDs...one a   
   mirror of the other.   
   I am not interested in RAID. RAID increases availability, but does not   
   archive data   
      
      
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