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I don't see myself deleting 5TB worth of data all at once, unless I experience some sort of temporary insanity moment (or whatever it's called, that gets violent offenders off the hook).
What's your typical growth rate? What do you need the newly freed space for?
So far my backup set size is growing slowly enough to match the evolution of single-disk capacity. I currently have 10TB drives - the live one, an offline backup sitting next to it, and an off-site backup. I'd rather be able to keep a backup on a single drive than have a RAID so large that I can't back it up.
The problem (as I see it) with RAID setups is that you can't back them up onto another set of drives, and then bring those drives on another system and "just start using it"...unless the RAID hardware is absolutely identical...? And I've had a RAID controller die on me...with perfectly functional drives...but I couldn't use them with another controller in another box.
As for deleting old stuff...typically the older the bits, the smaller the set...meaning, old programs tend to be a lot smaller than newer ones...same with old pictures (lower resolution) and video files (lower bit rate). So when compared to the total disk capacity, I find it's never worth my time to try to decide what old material to get rid of since it represents such a small percentage of it. It'd be easier to delete the newer stuff, but typically if it's been added to the backup set, it's because I want to hang on to it...end result: I'm a hoarder.
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Good luck with that seagate. I've had nothing but bad experiences with that brand.
Real programmers use butterflies
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I've had it for what 7 or 10 years?
And not a moment's problem - it just works.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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I'm genuinely glad to hear it. I have two with bad controller boards sitting on a shelf for when I get a chance to have at them and get the data off them.
Real programmers use butterflies
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Check your PSU - I've had occasions when HDDs suffer from poor PSU design, and it can fry the controllers if you get a spike on the mains. Had two identical HP desktops, with different make HDDs and they both died shortly after a thunderstorm.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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Mine survived a thunderstorm which fried the clock (though installing linux "fixed" it even after reinstalling windows later)
I can't remember if the drives were in it, but it had a high end gaming PSU with fancy capacitors.
Real programmers use butterflies
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There is an old saying, "On a clear disk you can seek forever".
An updated version says that "On a full 8 TByte disk, you can search forever". You can end up with an unbelievably large number of files on that large disks! Searching those directories can be inconveniently slow, and if you need to search files for contents, you might as well do some other task while you wait for the results.
I am in the lucky situation that most of my 26 TBytes is filled with huge video files, so the file count / directory size is moderate. And the files are not subject to contents searching. Actually, my 2 TByte text archive disk takes a lot more time to search than my 8 TByte video/sound disks, because the file count is five times higher.
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My age is showing -
I started on 5 1/4 floppys, 'fixed' to use both sides. Then I bought a 5MB 14 inch platter drive from a surplused PDP-11 (and wrote all the Z80 code to run it with CP/M) - when I got down to about 250K I got a 20MB PC drive - got down to about 500K I got nervouse and bought something larger
I now have 5TB of SSD and a WD 16TB NAS with RAID5 and about 10TB Free. I am starting to worry about the next iteration up.
My take away: you always need 10% more than what you have.
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, navigate a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects! - Lazarus Long
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I couldn't press the delete button either so went to wish.com and purchased some cheap 2tb usb sticks to use as a final resting place they are slow to work with but the are cheap and they store stuff that may be required some time.
Gerry
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"Last resting place" indeed - most of the cheap sticks / cards on Wish are fake: much smaller memory that misreports itself as far larger. Everything works when you write it, but when you try to read it back it's overwritten everything multiple times.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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Struck up a conversation with a spider today. Seems nice, he's a web designer!
I'm hiding from exercise...I'm in the fitness protection program.
JaxCoder.com
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I'm betting what he produces is pulled right out of his ass...
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Quote: Struck up a conversation with a spider today.
Quote: he's a web designer!
Um, a male developer... A man!
So you've got your Super Hero today, Marvelous!
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I had to steal this one. Thanks.
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Visionary paper held by the German (7)
cheers,
Super
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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Visionary
paper REAM
held by
the German D ER
DREAMER
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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Doesn't look like he's going to say it so I will - you are up tomorrow 
"We can't stop here - this is bat country" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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We have a winner . You are up today 
cheers,
Super
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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...She hasn't noticed yet, but the thyme is cumin! 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
modified 25-Mar-20 6:05am.
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You're quite the Sage!
I'm hiding from exercise...I'm in the fitness protection program.
JaxCoder.com
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Her language will get quite salty when she, does - peppered with swear words, I imagine!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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Yeah, I expect it will get a chilli reception! 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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I can't parsley that.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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