[Cialug] Good uses for smaller disks?

[Dave Hala Jr]

We all hate to waste stuff, but it just isn't worth the effort. How much
power does it take to run another old freenas box with a big pile of old
mismatched hardware?  Maybe I'm getting cranky in my old age... but
unless you need some extra hardware for an experiment, it just isnt
worth it.

On Mon, 2012-12-31 at 20:39 -0600, Don Cady wrote:
> > 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 disagree and in fact was going to vote for #3.
> Part of it is -vvv
> 
> > 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
> I also remember this, and hate waste. It is Illogical to discard of
> perfectly usable items. (don't get me started on our throw away
> culture..)
> Anyway, throw together a Freenas/nexenta/etc box for 'slow' or
> 'archive' data from the one you're decommissioning. The only downsides
> are the minimal time to do so, electric cost to keep it running,
> and/or co-lo cost (you haven't said where these are).
> Also, +1 to Nicolai's mention of keeping them around for "just in case".
> 
> > 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
> Do you want them recyclable/donate-able, or destroyed? I second DBAN,
> but raise it butane tourch, backyard grill, etc method of heating the
> platters until they change color.
> 
> > The clock face idea is awesome, I wonder if I can make the hands look like the read/write heads...
> I bet you can. :)
> 
> Don
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