13.10.2024
conventional wisdom has it that user should revisit (refresh: write to a different disk than write back) data every 5x years to make sure that it can still be read which also helps keep the motor spinning that was sitting […]
12.04.2024
tape: is it worth the hazzle? what is better (+ cheaper +faster +easier): 1PetaByte of tape or 1PetaByte of harddisk storage server? the race is on! that’s what it might look from the inside: a lot of dirt and dust […]
18.07.2023
NTFS (better file exchange since 2021) vs Open Source https://www.theregister.com/2021/10/13/how_ntfs_finally_made_it/ wow. just as the word.doc(x..xx…xxx) formats NTFS kept changing… will it ever “settle”? X-D (currently v3.1) making proper file exchange (without the risk of dataloss) between the Open Source and […]
06.07.2023
one fine day, THE USER needed to run a windows program… because it’s only available for windows. so fired up the Win 10 KVM VM and installed the program, because it took ages, let it run in the background… the […]
12.04.2023
proceed with caution: only recommend it to be applied to filesystems that are for backup purpose (of which another copy exist). “ntfsfix tool is very limited compared to M$s chkdsk” using a NVMe as backup “USB STICK” and rsynced a […]
25.10.2021
possible (untested!) alternative: SanDisk Extreme Pro Portable SSD V2 Review the harddisk reliability toplist: while this toplist says nothing about how reliable the harddisk can store and return exact copy of data written (!!!). this has to be tested in […]