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I implemented the ePMR drives in March without even knowing it. o_O It looks like WD has canceled the MAMR drives.

The few Intel 13th generation NUCs are all huge! Is there any indication when we will see 13th generation "NUC 13" in the traditional small form factor?

What happens if the user updates to Windows 11 from 10? Can PS still be used to open everything from the Explorer?

Other than for body scanners, I keep a 4TB Extreme Pro in my pants until clearing customs.

That's what stylists are for. ;) From what I hear lately most weddings don't pay what they used to, adjusted for inflation. The whole profession has been devalued since digital. :( I'm so glad I opted out early enough and stayed with a tech career.

Photo AI is on sale for $249 from a normally $299. It's a ripoff. I don't know what they were smoking.

Those FITs are not so fit and they are slow (probably QLC). Do you think that data integrity is better than an external mini USB-C SSD? Most of Ihem are USB 3.2 gen or even gen x2 now and quite fast. I have a few of the Extreme Pro Type A thumbic drives, which are at least decent at ~350...

All of these are why it's just not a good idea to buy those external drives. If necessary then at least keep extra backups and encrapt them, so the failed drives can simply be disposed without wasting time on recoveries.

I don't think the cost per TB of the drive is the issue, but the cost of storage including the entire infrastructure. For a home user like me the cost of the NAS is important, because over 8 bays is significantly more expensive and the size, weight, and power increase. Over 12 bays and you are...

Why don't we have drives in the streets though? HAMR has been discussed for ages. I feel that if I buy a bunch of drives to replace all the old ones they will suddenly announce much bigger drives.

What has happened to the momentum? Here we are in 2023 and still at only 22TB. Where is the HAMR, MAMR, etc.?

I don't recall. Maybe Merc knows or he will just say WD as bioreflex. 😆 Once I had some strange external drive of unknown brand and the power supply died. It was not a single sided 12V, but a 4-pin doohicky. Anyways, I had a terrible time getting the drive out of the case. They used some...

One of the worst failires was on the mobile drives when they started building a single board on the drive that also contained the bridge circuits. If you damaged the USB connector (for example falling off the table or other yank) the drive was screwed.

Failures on the bridge board or the power supply were common on external drives a few years ago. Some of the boards had some weird formatting or encryption that created a big hassle. Also try replacing the 12V power brick if it has one.

My IoPops seem low. Is it due to the dynamic disc?

I got the cable and it works great. There is definitely less stress than that stiff adapter and one cable is better than two cables plus adapter. It is still longer than needed at 650mm.

Do you have an XS/XS+ after generation 21? I'm pretty sure all of those are very aggresive about the drives. Thre older models like mine just give a single warning. The more consumerish models (mostly ARMans or Celerons) also don't care. I suppose legally they cannot cripple the older models...

Topaz DeNoise maybe become EOL. There has been practically no development on it in nearly a year. Topaz is pushing hard for the PhotoAI, which contains the functionality of several of their programs. Unfortunately it is more expensive and controls are currently primitive because they want it...

It looked like "Spock" on the Chinese cell phone.

I did the last DSM6 update in 2022, but will not update it again unless there is some good reason. I'm holding onto this old NAS for dear life, since the new ones require those ridiculous $650 for 18TB Syndology branded Toshiba drives.

Show us a photo. Does he look like a Vulcan? 😼

I'm not logging into anything as that implies that there would be some internet access or that the computer that creates the crypt would the same as the one that is being used in the field. I'm trying to do someting like what I found on the webs below. If some cretin steals my luggage or...

Now it won't initialize my OpenCL in PTG, so there is no accreleration at all (obviously slower than the 3060 Ti). This video card cluster since the pandemoneic reminds me of waiting two years to upgrade RAM and then realizing it wouldn't work. That was 20 years ago, but Windows is still...

I just want to use a password since the encryption would be on a desktop machine, not the laptops. MS asked for three kinds of recovery, but I chose the text file and deleted it 7x. Is that what you mean, or what is the MS ID? I'm using Windows 10, if that matters.

Wow, that goes along with all the stuff that happens to hones, like falling in the

Wow, that goes along with all the stuff that happens to hones, like falling in the bowls.

Maybe my next build in 3 years will be Windows Part 12 and need it.

Yeah, even I know that is strange and I was thinking about the power. Maybe one of the non-X version at 65W, but still what are people supposed to use them for at home? David will need another heat sink out the Windows or another weird contraption. I know some small businesses still have...

No, that's no it. I want to use Bitlocker on external M.2 SSDs in case any are lost or stolen. Many years ago, perhaps a decade or more, people here were not in favor so I used something else.

What does this 1U server at home do? Isn't it terribly noisy?

It is Synology, old software version DSM 6. They are on 7 for a year or two.

How many large cities have you been in other than your home town? I don't rent cars in most countries, but can usually get various car services or tour vehicles. I generally avoid public transportation as it is a security risk.

The video card is really long and the wiring doesn't fit, nor does the slot. :( Width is not as bad as I thought.

I thought RIAD 6 pretty well replaced 5 in the last ten years due to the large sizes of the drives and the unrecoverable error rates. [Q=1, T=1] Dikcmark of 64GB is 981.675 MB/s reads and 737.551 MB/s writes on the empty drives. It's 1214.602/1043.598 MB/s with the Q=8, T=1. Randomized 4K...

Just the 18TB H550 something. I guess the WD Gold are no longer made. They sound like the old Seagate Enterprise 10TB, not the nasty 18TB Seagates. How does performance work in Raid 6? If there are 6 total drives for example, is the theoretical maximum R/W MB/sec. based on the 6 drives or...

I tried some of the WD DC drives and they are so must quieter than the Seagate Exnos, that it is not even funny!

If you like cities you should figure out a way to get to London and maybe France and Rome.

But you are young and most probably have many years to do so much in life.

I read that the cables to the GPU are a different kind from the factory, so a Y adapter is needed and some of those are problematic due to stiffness and/or overheating. Do you guys recommend the bundled adapter or maybe a direct power connector like this one?

I've slept in some very nice beds, certainly better than any I ever owned, but also some that were pretty rough and for a good reason. Some of the most rewarding experiences in life come from stepping out of the comfort zone, both physically and emotionally. Although it is no longer possible to...

In parts of the 80s and 90s I lived like that from one assigment to another. I'm way too old for that lifestyle now.

Theoretically the video will only be at power for brief periods of time in bursters during file processing. It's not used continuously as in games or emulating proteins, preparing cryptobionic monies, etc. I have a 140mm rear case fan that is tied to CPU temperature. There is a slowish 200mm...

I threw out a lot of old stuff during the Pandemoneic times. The last thing I would like to do is remind myself about the old 32-bit computer days. :( I do have an XP laptop or two and a 5th gen NUC with Windows 7, but they take little space. I also have a drawer of old PCIe cards that...

Which ways do the cards blow from the three fans, in or out?

If CL is the same then there is a little improvement with speed, but it is not so sensitive. I prefer CL14 at 3200 (or C16 at 3600) for Ryzen 3. Howerver, I would not pay a while lot more over C16 3200 for a budget build. FWIW, I built a µATX 5700G system for a family member in late 2021. The...

I just assumed that was because the Amazonian sellers have numerous bogus tags in there that cause their useless junk to appear in unrelated searches.

Is it just me or is the Amazon becoming inhospitable? Half the time I am asked to read some illegible codes and can't get it right sometimes. Alternatively there is audio, but that requires computer sound and no other sound. It's ridiculous to do this ten times a day.

What sites show those numbers? I'm really hoping for some improvements over the 3060 Ti.

The EVO 4TB is on sale at $300, which I don't recall from last weekend. Maybe I'll get a couple for now.

The WD and Sandisk TB are backordered. Some people say they are the same drive and both out of production. :( You might say that I have massive needs. The problem is that there are few NAS with over 12 bays or they are expensive enterprise stuff. One can assemble a mid-range SMB NAS with...