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Date:      Tue, 28 Jun 2022 15:13:39 -0700
From:      "Thomas D. Dean" <tomdean@wavecable.com>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: hardware recommendation
Message-ID:  <5096b1f1-c1e7-47c8-3912-d4988fc27924@wavecable.com>
In-Reply-To: <25275.14490.634554.58598@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
References:  <25275.14490.634554.58598@jerusalem.litteratus.org>

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On 6/28/22 10:21, Robert Huff wrote:
> 
> 	A disk drive on one of my machines is dying.
> 	I'd like to replace it with a _reliable_ (the old one lasted 10+
> years at moderate loads) consumer-grade SATA II or higher drive of at
> least 500 gbytes.
> 	Any particular product lines getting consistantly good reviews?
> 	And what should I avoid like flesh-eating bacteria?
> 

I have been running this for several years, 24x7.

 > fdisk -l /dev/sda
Disk /dev/sda: 931.53 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors

Disk model: CT1000MX500SSD1

Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes

Disklabel type: dos

Disk identifier: 0x9346b91e



Device     Boot Start        End    Sectors   Size Id Type

/dev/sda1        2048 1953523711 1953521664 931.5G 83 Linux


Tom Dean



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