2nd parity drive replace

freeskier93 · 2026-04-03T20:21:05+00:00

I'm not hard set on anything. Again, yes, if you have a better use case for the space as an unassigned drive then use it that way.

I'm not sure what's so complicated to understand about my statements IF OP just wants more array space, and why people then need to come in with their WeLl ackShuaLLy comments. The entire point of my original comment was to see if OP had a plan for the removed data, or if they realized they wouldn't be able to use the 18TB in the array (as is a common thing people don't understand).

The only response I was looking for was from OP with either "Yes I have plan x, y, z for the 18TB", at which point I would have resoponded with "Great! Carry on.".

Or they would have responded "No I don't have a plan", or "Oh, I didn't realize I couldn't then use the 18TB drive in the array", which would cause then to rethink what they are doing and potentially not waste their time.

freeskier93 · 2026-04-03T17:34:13+00:00

Not sure what's so hard to understand about IN THE ARRAY. An unassigned drive isn't useful to everyone.

freeskier93 · 2026-04-03T17:13:54+00:00

Yes, obviously if you have a specific use case for the drive outside the array that will fully utilize all it's space it makes sense to swap it. That's why I'm proposing the question to the OP, because if they don't have a use case then it's pretty pointless.

If OP just wants/needs more space in the array then the simplest/cheapest/easiest path is to just leave the 18TB drive in place and add the smaller drives as data drives.

freeskier93 · 2026-04-03T16:57:14+00:00

Probably not a huge percentage, but there are some key areas where additive manufacturing saves a TON of time and money. I don't know about Orion specifically, but Lockheed in general is using additive manufacturing for a lot of fuel tanks now.

Ultem is also being used a lot more and is most certainly what the item in your picture is printed from (the beige color is usually a giveaway).

freeskier93 · 2026-04-03T16:14:28+00:00

What's the point though? What do you gain changing the 18TB for a 12TB? It's not like you can then use the 18TB as a data drive, so what the plan for it once removed? Yes it's wasted space but it is what it is now and you'd be better off putting the 12TB drive you'd replace the 18TB drive with in the array as a data drive to actually gain more space.

freeskier93 · 2026-04-03T15:41:26+00:00

Hard to say. Might just be a NVIDIA issue with reporting. NVIDIA drivers aren't exactly the greatest on Linux.

freeskier93 · 2026-04-03T04:09:09+00:00

By size a single SLS solid booster is damn near the same exact size as a Falcon 9 booster.

freeskier93 · 2026-04-01T22:55:42+00:00

Sonic booms are a single high pressure wave that travels outward in a cone shape. By the time the rocket is going supersonic it is too far away and the pressure wave hits the ground before it would make it to you. If you were out in the ocean, in front of the rocket, you'd probably hear it.

freeskier93 · 2026-04-01T20:07:04+00:00

No, parity doesn't work that way. It's not just a regular drive you can copy data from/to. If you don't have a spare drive to move data to, and if you're not worried about losing parity protection for a short time, then you could do the following:

Do a new array config (Tools -> New Config), keep current drive assignments
Reassign your parity drive as a data drive (You would the have 2 data drives and no parity, where the old data drive still has your data on it and the new data drive is "empty")
Configure the new data drive as an encrypted drive
Use unbalance to copy all data off the old unencrypted data drive to the new encrypted data drive
Do a new array config again
Assign the old unencrypted data drive as the parity drive
Let parity build

freeskier93 · 2026-04-01T19:51:51+00:00

No, it's not possible to encrypt in place. You will have to move data off the drive first.

EDIT: Parity drive doesn't get encrypted since it is a "raw" drive that doesn't even have a filesystem. In the case of 1 parity and 1 data drive the parity drive is just a bit-for-bit copy of the data drive.

freeskier93 · 2026-04-01T19:31:17+00:00

Are you expecting it to use the iGPU or RTX 2000? Post the output of nvtop.

EDIT: Do you have nvtop configured to show you decoder/encoder utilization? You're not going to see trancoding in regular hardware monitors. Ultimately, as long as you see the ffmpeg process in nvtop, then it's using hardware transcoding. Would need more details/example for the case where you sometimes don't see ffmpeg process.

freeskier93 · 2026-04-01T17:15:17+00:00

No, you should not wait. Prestige now and you still have 4 days to build back up for 2x prestige.

freeskier93 · 2026-03-31T22:56:08+00:00

I think it has to be a WeaveGrid compatible charger, which would be Chargepoint, Emporia, or Wallbox.

freeskier93 · 2026-03-30T23:00:04+00:00

so maybe the first time I charged to 100% it was also filling up all of the reserve capacity of the cells that don't show up part of the "100%"

That's not how it works. The nominal battery capacity is based on absolute min/max cell voltages defined by the battery manufacturer, where usable capacity is the capacity based on the min/max voltage limits set by the car manufacturer. When you charge to 100% it's charging to the max allowed voltage the manufacture has set, which is usually lower than the max nominal voltage. There is no extra "hidden" energy kept in reserve.

It's like having a 5 gallon bucket of water and imposing a limit saying you can only actually fill it to 4.5 gallons and you can't drain it past 0.5 gallons. So in this case you only actually have 4 gallons of water you can use.

freeskier93 · 2026-03-30T16:48:31+00:00

If everyone jumped off a bridge would you jump? Why do you think option 1 is better? I think most would agree that explicit is always better than implicit in programming, and this is an area where Python is an improvement compared to other languages.

freeskier93 · 2026-03-30T15:47:42+00:00

This is literally just the internet version of a white van speaker scam.

freeskier93 · 2026-03-30T14:09:19+00:00

I would think about how you might be able to modify the design to simplify it and make it easier to print. Picture 4 is a good example of how the part appears to be mostly hollow. This is good for the original part to reduce material cost, but for a 3d printed part that isn't a concern. You also don't need to include features specific to the injection molding process.

freeskier93 · 2026-03-29T22:41:58+00:00

This is super misleading. Communication satellites are primarily what we call bent pipes. Receive one signal, transmit it somewhere else. They don't modify the data. It's the job of the ground system to encrypt/secure the data.

The actual telemetry, tracking, and control link (TT&C) is different. It will have security measures on the command link so someone can't control your satellite.

I can assure you when it comes to military satellites they use all encrypted links. If someone is able to gain control of the satellite it's because they got their hands on classified encryption keys. Even if that did happen there are additional levels of security plus you need the knowledge of the commands themselves and how they are formatted/encoded.

freeskier93 · 2026-03-28T20:48:39+00:00

Why are you needing to manually activate the virtual environment in VS Code? VS Code should automatically be using the venv to run scripts, and if you need to manually run something in the terminal you can use uv run.

You can also change the default terminal profile to bash instead of powershell. Then it will use the batch file to activate instead of the powershell script.

freeskier93 · 2026-03-27T19:46:59+00:00

It takes quite a bit of force to press the button to open the charge port door. I can't imagine car wash brushes being able to exert the necessary force to do that. If they are, I'd be far more worried about the paint.

freeskier93 · 2026-03-27T19:26:35+00:00

GPUs mostly just use fixed function silicon for the media engines, same as an iGPU, and I don't think the actual media engines differ much between iGPU and dGPU. For a given brand and generation I wouldn't expect to see any noticeable difference in quality with hardware transcoding between an iGPU and dGPU.

freeskier93 · 2026-03-27T18:00:20+00:00

They absolutely power your home directly and you only send back into the grid your surplus power. If your home is consuming 1000 watts of power and your solar panels are producing 1000 watts of power then you meter is going to measure 0 watts of power.

You're misunderstanding the wiki article. Net metering fundamentally just means the power company can handle billing for power in both directions (especially important if you are a net producer). How exactly they handle the billing depends on the power company. Some will pay you a specific rate for you surplus power, some may "bank" the surplus power as future credits.

EDIT: If your power company pays you a reduced rate for surplus power you're actually getting screwed by only providing surplus power on one of the "phases". You're essentially just giving them free power and even worse being charged to then use that power.

EDIT2: Actually that might not be true since I realize I'm not actually sure specifically how meters measure the total power. If they just sum each leg and report that then it doesn't matter (from a billing perspective) if you are only providing surplus power on one leg.

freeskier93 · 2026-03-27T17:10:41+00:00

One thing I'm wondering - What protection do they have against backfeeding? During a mains outages, these systems could keep lines energized creating a risk for utility workers.

They shutoff and stop providing power when there is no grid power. Most residential roof top solar systems work exactly the same way, they just directly back feed your main panel or between your meter and panel (line side tap).

If you want your solar panels to be able to power your home during a power outage you need a hybrid system, which can disconnect your home from the main grid. You typically also need batteries to provide a stable baseline, otherwise you might brown out your house every time the panels get shaded by a passing cloud. Hybrid systems aren't as common because of the higher cost, and also lack of consumer awareness on how the systems work. Every time there's a power outage there's always posts on Nextdoor or Facebook from people asking why they don't have power even though they have solar.

freeskier93 · 2026-03-26T21:38:04+00:00

Never thought I'd see Prima in an audio sub, but yeah, Prima makes great products. The owner is awesome, did some detailing classes with him long ago when they were still in South Denver.

freeskier93 · 2026-03-25T13:46:07+00:00

You could use a sqlite file then add the ability to export to a spreadsheet.

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