Questions tagged [reliability]

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Is there a negative impact on an SSD drive if I power cycle it every hour for 6 months?

We have a system that uses an SSD (4TB Samsung 860 Pro) that we power on for 10 minutes to write data to and then off every hour for 24/7 for about six months via a Linux system. We manually turn on the power to the drive and wait for the O/S to to…
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How to perform "INNER JOIN" of powershell objects?

I am trying to query for various physical disk health information. I have two queries that each return separate information about PhysicalDisks. >Get-PhysicalDisk | Select-Object DeviceId, FriendlyName, Model, SerialNumber, Usage, HealthStatus,…
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Are there SMART problems with this used SSD?

I've just bought a used SanDisk 480GB SATA SSD and I'm wondering whether any of the numbers displayed in SMART are bad please? In Active@ KillDisk Ultimate it shows "SMART warnings" on the disk (not shown on the screenshot below). Here is the SMART…
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restart windows GUI app after a system restart to let it work 7/24

I have a program (with GUI) to run 7/24 in windows. When the pc restarts(for example after the electricity went off for a while), I want the computer to continue running the app, so I created a task scheduler basic task to run the app on…
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Best practices - Installing a new SSD to verify it is good

When I install a new HDD into a computer, I follow the following steps: Disconnect power from the computer Discharge static electricity and ground myself and my work surface Hook up the HDD's cable(s) Turn on the computer Partition the drive as 1…
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How to backup server to set it up immediately again

Over time I've set up a server with many services that is now also used by a small business that can't afford a downtime, because the server acts as a cloud storage and mail server. Setting up the server again from a fresh start would take to much…
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Ensure sshd is running after update/restart

Sometimes when I update and restart a beaglebone with Debian, it's not reachable with ssh anymore, and somehow stuck, e.g.: I can ping the machine nmap shows port 22 as filtered netcat shows nothing connecting to port 22 python sockets can still…
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Is it fine to store data on an SSD that experiences write operations every few seconds?

Firefox (and likely other web browsers) tends to write data to fixed storage very frequently. When certain browser extensions are installed, the write operations can occur every few seconds. Because of this, when using platter-based hard drives…