[Cialug] Good uses for smaller disks?

[Don Ellis]

I like the idea of using the for archival storage. Newer/denser drives
are less durable/reliable, so quite a lot of precious memories can fit
on these, for less cost than equivalent thumbdrives (and greater
reliability).

Just be sure the bank isn't in a flood plain. In 1993, at least one St
Louis MO bank found their safe deposit section (as well as the rest of
the bank) flooded when the Mississippi Rive left its banks.
Earthquakes might be less problem, since I expect safe deposit areas
to be fire-protected.

--Don Ellis


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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