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		m463 on April 16, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Digital clutter: Learning to let go and stop hoard... Just keep buying bigger drives, copy the old stuff forward, keep like 3 sets and... who cares? now running an always-online raid server? nah.

voltagex_ on April 16, 2023 | [–]

I did hit an issue where 20TB drives require substantial (2A) current when they first spin up, but other than that, that's the plan.

tomjen3 on April 16, 2023 | [–]

Drive prices aren't coming down as quickly as they used to.

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