[Cialug] Good uses for smaller disks?

[Dan Hockey]

I recycled a 120gb for use with my pogoplug, I pried the case open and
found an on board SATA connector hooked it up and to my suprise it worked..
-dan

"This is only temporary ... unless it works." - Red Green


--- On Mon, 12/31/12, David Champion <dchamp1337 at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: David Champion <dchamp1337 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Good uses for smaller disks?
> To: "Central Iowa Linux Users Group" <cialug at cialug.org>
> Date: Monday, December 31, 2012, 9:01 AM
> http://www.dban.org/
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 7:39 PM, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org>
> wrote:
> 
> > OK, thanks for the tips.
> >
> > The overall impression I'm getting is that being clever
> and incorporating
> > them into the storage pool somehow (either points 2 or
> 3) is a recipe for
> > unneeded complexity and problems.
> >
> > I still remember when 5Gb of storage was a lot so
> discarding effectively
> > 400G of storage feels so wasteful. I have a usb case
> that I'll use with the
> > 200Gb drive and I'll probably rob the magnets out of
> the other two.
> >
> > Yes, recycling them by donating/selling/etc would be
> nice but I don't have
> > high confidence that I can securely wipe the data
> without significant
> > effort. I don't own any assault rifles and I don't
> think shooting them with
> > the airsoft pistol will have any where near the same
> effect  not thrill.
> >
> > The clock face idea is awesome, I wonder if I can make
> the hands look like
> > the read/write heads...
> >
> > On Dec 30, 2012, at 5:48 PM, Tim Wilson <tim_linux at wilson-home.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Buy IDE to USB cables or external cases and use
> them as external storage.
> > > Or turn them into art.  But I do like the
> "shoot them" option. :)
> > >
> > > On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 1:31 PM, Nathan C. Smith
> <nathan.smith at ipmvs.com
> > >wrote:
> > >
> > >> I've put some photos we want to keep on some
> and taken them to the safe
> > >> deposit box at the bank.
> > >>
> > >> ----- Original Message -----
> > >> From: Matthew Nuzum [mailto:newz at bearfruit.org]
> > >> Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2012 09:32 AM
> Central Standard Time
> > >> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org>
> > >> Subject: [Cialug] Good uses for smaller
> disks?
> > >>
> > >> I found in my supply good IDE 80G, 120G and
> 200G drives. I have three
> > >> servers (one is being decommissioned though,
> so two servers) that have
> > IDE
> > >> capability. They run VMs, for example, a Git
> server, Minecraft, Windows
> > VMs
> > >> for web testing, etc.
> > >>
> > >> What would you do? My choices are:
> > >> 1. Throw them away
> > >> 2. Use them for application specific storage
> > >> 3. Add them to the overall storage pool in
> some way
> > >>
> > >> matt$ ssh arthur df -h
> > >> Filesystem      Size  Used
> Avail Use% Mounted on
> > >> /dev/sda1       
> 67G   37G   27G  58% /
> > >>
> > >> matt$ ssh ford df -h
> > >> Filesystem      Size  Used
> Avail Use% Mounted on
> > >> /dev/sda1       
> 73G   23G   47G  33% /
> > >>
> > >> matt$ ssh trillian df -h
> > >> Filesystem      Size  Used
> Avail Use% Mounted on
> > >> /dev/sda1   
>    458G   70G  365G 
> 17% /
> > >>
> > >> --
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> > >>
> > >> ♫ You're never fully dressed without a
> smile! ♫
> > >>
> > >>
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