schizoidman@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2年前SanDisk introduces the first 8TB SD and 4TB microSD cards - Liliputingliliputing.comexternal-linkmessage-square166fedilinkarrow-up1703arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1693arrow-down1external-linkSanDisk introduces the first 8TB SD and 4TB microSD cards - Liliputingliliputing.comschizoidman@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2年前message-square166fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarerdri@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2年前 Worst part is that SD cards don’t have SMART, meaning you don’t know when they’ll die. I mean, SMART doesn’t help much with knowing about HDDs’ death either. It’s more often they don’t show up at all, so you can’t even check SMART.
minus-squareSparky@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2年前It’s not about the death. It’s about if it’s going to die. I’ve seen smart errors weeks before a hdd died which gave me time to back that data up.
minus-squarerdri@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2年前I see what you mean. It helps predict that, but not always. This is still a lottery, and the absence of SMART only makes it a little bit more of a lottery.
I mean, SMART doesn’t help much with knowing about HDDs’ death either. It’s more often they don’t show up at all, so you can’t even check SMART.
It’s not about the death. It’s about if it’s going to die. I’ve seen smart errors weeks before a hdd died which gave me time to back that data up.
I see what you mean. It helps predict that, but not always. This is still a lottery, and the absence of SMART only makes it a little bit more of a lottery.