schizoidman@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoSanDisk introduces the first 8TB SD and 4TB microSD cards - Liliputingliliputing.comexternal-linkmessage-square168fedilinkarrow-up1703file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
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minus-squarerdri@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years ago Worst part is that SD cards don’t have SMART, meaning you don’t know when they’ll die. I mean, SMART doesn’t help much with knowing about HDDs’ death either. It’s more often they don’t show up at all, so you can’t even check SMART.
minus-squareSparky@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoIt’s not about the death. It’s about if it’s going to die. I’ve seen smart errors weeks before a hdd died which gave me time to back that data up.
minus-squarerdri@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoI see what you mean. It helps predict that, but not always. This is still a lottery, and the absence of SMART only makes it a little bit more of a lottery.
I mean, SMART doesn’t help much with knowing about HDDs’ death either. It’s more often they don’t show up at all, so you can’t even check SMART.
It’s not about the death. It’s about if it’s going to die. I’ve seen smart errors weeks before a hdd died which gave me time to back that data up.
I see what you mean. It helps predict that, but not always. This is still a lottery, and the absence of SMART only makes it a little bit more of a lottery.