So, I pulled the trigger two days ago and ordered two brand spanking new Western Digital 12TB HDDs (gold enterprise grade, baby!). You can find them on Amazon if you’re feeling brave. I got mine HERE.
I was pretty stoked when the delivery arrived early. Mr. Bezos and his minions had delivered once again – or so I thought. The excitement was palpable as I tore into the large parcel bag, revealing two smaller boxes inside.
It happened once again. Another hard drive bit the dust :(.
A 4TB Western Digital Gold Data Center HDD (model: WD4002FYYZ) decided to bite the dust spontaneously. While this occurred before and caused significant data loss, I have been preparing for this scenario for quite some time. Besides running two drives in RAID 1 for redundancy, I had a third drive that accommodated “expendable” data: interim downloads, assorted scribbles, and memes. For the life of me, I cannot figure out if my current phone holds more family pictures or memes. Most probably the latter. I digress. It appears as tho I’m in the market for some new storage…
