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[Discuss] SSD drives vs. Mechanical drives



On 05/06/2014 09:13 AM, Robert Krawitz wrote:
> Disks themselves have clever proprietary firmware... 

Indeed. But, judging from lost data reputations, they appear to be 
careful in what they ship.

Also, when doing RAID 1, I like to pair disks from different 
manufacturers. Different models and manufacturing dates help when one 
runs out of distinct manufacturers.

-kb, the Kent who worries that we are running out of distinct disk 
manufacturers.




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