One of the four drives in my Synology server is "failing," according to
the server's diagnostics. The server has been running continuously for
what, 10 years? Fortunately, I was able to find a new "exact
replacement" drive on Amazon, even though Seagate has discontinued that
particular model. I sort of recall I paid $100+ for each of the four 2TB
drives...but the closeout price on the replacement was $44.

I vaguely remember that installation of drives into the server box was
pretty simple. Hope that's not a false memory. If it is, I'll call
Fretwell and see if he can stop by with his chainsaw.

On 3/11/2020 9:19 AM, Keyser Soze wrote:

One of the four drives in my Synology server is "failing," according to
the server's diagnostics. The server has been running continuously for
what, 10 years? Fortunately, I was able to find a new "exact
replacement" drive on Amazon, even though Seagate has discontinued that
particular model. I sort of recall I paid $100+ for each of the four 2TB
drives...but the closeout price on the replacement was $44.

I vaguely remember that installation of drives into the server box was
pretty simple. Hope that's not a false memory. If it is, I'll call
Fretwell and see if he can stop by with his chainsaw.


Or you could call Joe Biden and see what he remembers .... unless he
threatens to beat you up first.



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On 3/11/20 9:30 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 3/11/2020 9:19 AM, Keyser Soze wrote:

One of the four drives in my Synology server is "failing," according
to the server's diagnostics. The server has been running continuously
for what, 10 years? Fortunately, I was able to find a new "exact
replacement" drive on Amazon, even though Seagate has discontinued
that particular model. I sort of recall I paid $100+ for each of the
four 2TB drives...but the closeout price on the replacement was $44.

I vaguely remember that installation of drives into the server box was
pretty simple. Hope that's not a false memory. If it is, I'll call
Fretwell and see if he can stop by with his chainsaw.


Or you could call Joe Biden and see what he remembers .... unless he
threatens to beat you up first.




Or I could call Trump, who would tell me to ship the server off to
Ukraine, though he couldn't point out that country on a map.

Keyser Soze Wrote in message:
One of the four drives in my Synology server is "failing," according to the server's diagnostics. The server has been running continuously for what, 10 years? Fortunately, I was able to find a new "exact replacement" drive on Amazon, even though Seagate has discontinued that particular model. I sort of recall I paid $100+- for each of the four 2TB drives...but the closeout price on the replacement was $44. I vaguely remember that installation of drives into the server box was pretty simple. Hope that's not a false memory. If it is, I'll call Fretwell and see if he can stop by with his chainsaw.

Why don't you just shoot it or ask your pal Hillary how to dispose
of it in the landfill?
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On 3/11/2020 9:19 AM, Keyser Soze wrote: One of the four drives in my Synology server is "failing," according to the server's diagnostics. The server has been running continuously for what, 10 years? Fortunately, I was able to find a new "exact replacement" drive on Amazon, even though Seagate has discontinued that particular model. I sort of recall I paid $100+- for each of the four 2TB drives...but the closeout price on the replacement was $44. I vaguely remember that installation of drives into the server box was pretty simple. Hope that's not a false memory. If it is, I'll call Fretwell and see if he can stop by with his chainsaw.Or you could call Joe Biden and see what he remembers .... unless hethreatens to beat you up first.-- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.https://www.avg.com

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On 3/11/20 11:30 AM, Justan Ohlphart wrote:
Keyser Soze Wrote in message:
One of the four drives in my Synology server is "failing," according to the server's diagnostics. The server has been running continuously for what, 10 years? Fortunately, I was able to find a new "exact replacement" drive on Amazon, even though Seagate has discontinued that particular model. I sort of recall I paid $100+ for each of the four 2TB drives...but the closeout price on the replacement was $44. I vaguely remember that installation of drives into the server box was pretty simple. Hope that's not a false memory. If it is, I'll call Fretwell and see if he can stop by with his chainsaw.

Why don't you just shoot it or ask your pal Hillary how to dispose
of it in the landfill?


Actually, I was thinking of taking the bad drive apart, just for grins.
I'll be glad to mail a piece to you.

On Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at 11:30:26 AM UTC-4, Justan Ohlphart wrote:
Keyser Soze Wrote in message:
One of the four drives in my Synology server is "failing," according to the server's diagnostics. The server has been running continuously for what, 10 years? Fortunately, I was able to find a new "exact replacement" drive on Amazon, even though Seagate has discontinued that particular model. I sort of recall I paid $100+ for each of the four 2TB drives...but the closeout price on the replacement was $44. I vaguely remember that installation of drives into the server box was pretty simple. Hope that's not a false memory. If it is, I'll call Fretwell and see if he can stop by with his chainsaw.

Why don't you just shoot it or ask your pal Hillary how to dispose
of it in the landfill?

It was nice of you holding back on correcting him that what he really has is a NAS device, not a "server". Network Attached Storage.

~snerk~, as his buddy used to say.

On Wed, 11 Mar 2020 09:19:38 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:


One of the four drives in my Synology server is "failing," according to
the server's diagnostics. The server has been running continuously for
what, 10 years? Fortunately, I was able to find a new "exact
replacement" drive on Amazon, even though Seagate has discontinued that
particular model. I sort of recall I paid $100+ for each of the four 2TB
drives...but the closeout price on the replacement was $44.

I vaguely remember that installation of drives into the server box was
pretty simple. Hope that's not a false memory. If it is, I'll call
Fretwell and see if he can stop by with his chainsaw.

Is this RAID1 (mirrored) or RAID5 (striped)?
Either way, it should be fairly painless if you follow the procedure.
Otherwise you might lose the array.

On Wed, 11 Mar 2020 09:31:31 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 3/11/20 9:30 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 3/11/2020 9:19 AM, Keyser Soze wrote:

One of the four drives in my Synology server is "failing," according
to the server's diagnostics. The server has been running continuously
for what, 10 years? Fortunately, I was able to find a new "exact
replacement" drive on Amazon, even though Seagate has discontinued
that particular model. I sort of recall I paid $100+ for each of the
four 2TB drives...but the closeout price on the replacement was $44.

I vaguely remember that installation of drives into the server box was
pretty simple. Hope that's not a false memory. If it is, I'll call
Fretwell and see if he can stop by with his chainsaw.


Or you could call Joe Biden and see what he remembers .... unless he
threatens to beat you up first.




Or I could call Trump, who would tell me to ship the server off to
Ukraine, though he couldn't point out that country on a map.

Just don't let Hillary get close to it. All of the drives will be
smashed with a hammer ... just out of habit.

On Wed, 11 Mar 2020 11:58:05 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 3/11/20 11:30 AM, Justan Ohlphart wrote:
Keyser Soze Wrote in message:
One of the four drives in my Synology server is "failing," according to the server's diagnostics. The server has been running continuously for what, 10 years? Fortunately, I was able to find a new "exact replacement" drive on Amazon, even though Seagate has discontinued that particular model. I sort of recall I paid $100+ for each of the four 2TB drives...but the closeout price on the replacement was $44. I vaguely remember that installation of drives into the server box was pretty simple. Hope that's not a false memory. If it is, I'll call Fretwell and see if he can stop by with his chainsaw.

Why don't you just shoot it or ask your pal Hillary how to dispose
of it in the landfill?


Actually, I was thinking of taking the bad drive apart, just for grins.
I'll be glad to mail a piece to you.

The platters are interesting conversation pieces but the magnets are
the real treasure in there.