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		sitkack 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Unpowered SSD endurance investigation finds data l... I have used LTO5 drives under FreeBSD and Linux. Under Linux I used both LTFS and tar. There was zero issues with software.

dogma1138 5 months ago [–]

Older drives are a bit better but still ymmv. Had quite a few issues with Ethernet based drives on Linux in the past.

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