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On the whole, products which are used during firefighting are are hard products to sell and differentiate on. Google/Fb/Amazon could build a product with 10% of the feature coverage and yet own the market.
I recently wrote a bunch of things I learned here -> https://ravivyas.com/2018/09/03/mistakes-to-avoid-when-scali...
Curious question of a non-native speaker: What does this phrase mean? (in general, and in this context)
I'm really doubting the need for a maintenance regimen on a drive which is almost entirely unused. Could have spent $50 on a magnetic-disk-drive and saved yourself hours worth of trouble.
Does magnetic media like this (especially spinning disk) suffer from bit-rot? What about the possibility of mechanical failure?
I'd never rely on mechanical disks as the one and only backup of any data critical to me - a two tier approach of mechanical for fast retrieval, and cloud/online backup seems to be the safest bet.
Are there any facts to back up this claim?
Edit: This is what HN looks like in Firefox 38.0.5: http://img4.imagetitan.com/img4/RsbN6Rsn61k2IMN/12/12_l.png
Sure, the background color is white, but there's still a padlock icon.
What I wonder is why they don't come up with a mini-ethernet port format? Ethernet ports aren't exactly high tech.
Never quite sure why the small connector didn't become the standard for laptops.
That said, I still use it as it's easier & less error-prone than setting up my own backup system with tarsnap.
