Re: hardware recommendation

From: Thomas D. Dean <tomdean_at_wavecable.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 22:13:39 UTC
On 6/28/22 10:21, Robert Huff wrote:
> 
> 	A disk drive on one of my machines is dying.
> 	I'd like to replace it with a _reliable_ (the old one lasted 10+
> years at moderate loads) consumer-grade SATA II or higher drive of at
> least 500 gbytes.
> 	Any particular product lines getting consistantly good reviews?
> 	And what should I avoid like flesh-eating bacteria?
> 

I have been running this for several years, 24x7.

 > fdisk -l /dev/sda
Disk /dev/sda: 931.53 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors

Disk model: CT1000MX500SSD1

Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes

Disklabel type: dos

Disk identifier: 0x9346b91e



Device     Boot Start        End    Sectors   Size Id Type

/dev/sda1        2048 1953523711 1953521664 931.5G 83 Linux


Tom Dean