Any reason to not scrub and recycle all my <= 2TB 3.5" SATA spinners? I generally keep old hardware forever but just can't imagine me ever using any of those again.
@paul I bought 2 matching pairs for a cheap raid backup running off a 3rd gen i5. I underclocked the CPU so it just sips power. There are definitely people out there you would make use of these.
Just as I finished wiping my last drive, I realized that I was wiping diskX and not rdiskX. Speed diff is about 2x and now I feel half more stupid than usual.
@paul So been there, so many times. Plus the internal debate once it’s been running for a while whether it’s worth hitting Ctrl-C and restarting with rdisk…
@paul Burn them. (Not literally, that would be a hazard.)
There are those of us who keep things around “just in case.” I have a similar collection.
There comes that time to move on. Keep the one or two for the “just in case” and then part with the rest.
Based on your recent posts I recently set up my old editing workhorse trashcan as a server and have been consolidating the data on those small drives to a large array. (I’m staying MacOS for my own comfort level.)
@paul as my spinners get old I buy cases like the ones below and keep them for long term storage of projects that are not crucial, but worth keeping around just in case.
ORICO 5 Packs 3.5inch Hard Drive Case Protective Box Storage Case Cover Organization Shell for Shockproof Slashproof and Dustproof for Gray-PHI-5S https://a.co/d/cz6SHPH
@paul I tend to hold onto my old drives just because it’s kind of fun to have a snapshot of what I was doing at a certain point in time. Plus it’s theoretically another (old) offline backup in case of utter disaster such as ransomware that gets all my current data. But in truth it’s probably silly and pointless since I have multiple dedicated backup drives plus Backblaze.
@paul I usually disassemble and turn the platters into drink coasters. Shiny! And the locking magnets are powerful. One can easily hold up a thick calendar on the fridge
@paul The ratio of power they require to capacity is probably terrible these days. I recently did a deep wipe, drilled holes through the platters, then e-wasted a few of this size that were on a shelf.
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