[labnetwork] HDD Best Practice

[Tony Whipple]

Hello Long;
We have some systems that are older but still work great and have a legacy
computer. The computer sometimes can not be
upgraded if it also uses older cards such as ISA slots. The limited life
time of spinning hard drives caused us to switch to using
SSD for the older IDE interface drives.  Making a duplicate on a second SSD
and keeping the backup in a static bag nearby is
a low cost backup.    We have needed to use this a few times and it was
quick and easy to swap it out.
Regards, Tony W.

On Thu, Feb 9, 2023 at 10:38 AM Chang, Long <lvchang at central.uh.edu> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Yesterday we experienced a HDD failure for our AFM. This event should have
> been prevented by the Raid Mirror with 2 HDD. Our setup where we just have
> a single working drive and a spare backup clone has been more successful.
> We are planning to move away from Raid Mirror. Anyone has
> expertise/experience here they can share?
>
> Thanks,
> Long Chang
> Technical Director
> UH Nanofabrication Facility
> Houston, TX
> lvchang at central.uh.edu
>
>
>
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