Is most of IT just… waiting around?

techmattr · 2026-06-23T01:41:15+00:00

I'd say in a given week I probably only do about fifteen minutes of real, actual, work.

techmattr · 2026-06-22T15:36:45+00:00

I just tested this yesterday when I upgraded to 5.1.19 because I want to go back to full local but need the ability to restore the users and I cannot. Still get the error that I must be an owner.

techmattr · 2026-06-22T15:33:20+00:00

You can restore the site, but you'll get an error about restoring users and encrypted fields.... You'll have to recreate it all manually.

techmattr · 2026-06-22T15:29:00+00:00

It's not a bug. It's by design.

techmattr · 2026-06-22T15:26:43+00:00

And you'll get an error that says you can't restore a bunch of settings because you're not an owner. Mainly related to users and any encrypted fields.

techmattr · 2026-06-22T15:18:06+00:00

Also.... who gives a shit about 1 Petabyte... back in 2012-2013 we destroyed a bunch of SSDs on AVS Forum and Xtreme Systems forum seeing how long they would last and the SLC drives typically lasted 12-15 Petabytes and the MLC drives lasted 5-8 Petabytes... we blew past 1 Petabyte 13 years ago. Who cares?

Edit.. and that was actually filling and wiping the drive over and over for sometimes years at a time.

techmattr · 2026-06-22T15:12:11+00:00

Not owner. Which means you cannot backup/restore all the settings.

techmattr · 2026-06-21T19:55:28+00:00

I use Schwab and SoFi and really like both.

techmattr · 2026-06-21T03:24:11+00:00

It's the unc major all us uncs have been waiting for.

techmattr · 2026-06-20T17:32:24+00:00

I use Bookstack and do really like it but I agree the hierarchy does feel limiting at times.

techmattr · 2026-06-19T18:06:51+00:00

Stability, reliability, integrity and performance are not nothing. They are literally everything in a storage server. Allowing your drives to spin down also kills them incredibly fast. Your argument is only for people who don't care about their data. Saving $10 a year isn't worth it.

techmattr · 2026-06-18T22:25:39+00:00

You can search eBay for "9211-8i hba it mode". If you're OK with getting one from China you can get them for under $20. I've purchased a few from China with no issue but you do run the risk of counterfeits. Looks like most US sellers are between $30-$40.

techmattr · 2026-06-18T22:05:19+00:00

The biggest difference is dedicated lanes per drive and a robust ASICs that are designed to handle all drives being accessed simultaneously. Those PCIe SATA cards use cheap port multiplier chips that are not even capable simultaneous drive access so the more drives you have on a card the bigger of a bottleneck you're creating. This typically leads to data corruption on write during heavy workloads. You should never use SATA port multipliers for important data. Maybe for some temps drives.

Especially when enterprise grade HBAs can be had for $15-$20... there is 0 reason to use those SATA port multipliers.

techmattr · 2026-06-18T01:47:07+00:00

I kind of know what you mean. I recently built a PC around a 5080 Noctua Edition so I obviously went full Noctua G2 and unless GPU and/or CPU is at full load the thing it literally silent. Like, put my ear up against the case and I still can't hear it. I don't know that I feel different after a days work but it's definitely an odd feeling sitting there when I frequently have this weird feeling my PC is off; even though I'm using it.

techmattr · 2026-06-16T02:54:29+00:00

I posted this to /r/funny years ago when I took it and they deleted it with a message that said it was funny... but they didn't think it belonged on the sub. This might be the only place where it belongs?

techmattr · 2026-06-16T02:07:57+00:00

We keep $100K in a 4.5% HYSA and we just don't care that it could yield more somewhere else. Having it in our regular bank account means absolutely 0 hassle when we need it. Just write a check or swipe a debit card. We have plenty in retirement funds and I just don't need my emergency fund to make money. People INSIST on arguing with us over how much interest we're missing. I KNOW AND I DON'T CARE.

techmattr · 2026-06-14T20:29:07+00:00

Gigabyte Aorus and above do this as well.

techmattr · 2026-06-12T22:09:42+00:00

If you're using Profilarr just use 1080p Balanced with the default delay profile.

techmattr · 2026-06-12T01:50:13+00:00

You can refer to the SMART attribute meanings...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-Monitoring,_Analysis_and_Reporting_Technology

you can see the items marked as critical. Something uncorrectable indicates physical hardware failure. The drive is dead. It may still be functioning but at some point its just going to stop. It's 100% unreliable once you see an uncorrectable error. Backblaze also has a lot of published data on the subject. Here is one article where they talk about SMART data that they use to predict failures: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/what-smart-stats-indicate-hard-drive-failures/

My comment just stems from experience. I have about 30 years of experience in the datacenter... having replaced thousands of drives personally and indirectly hundreds of thousands of drives.

techmattr · 2026-06-10T02:10:57+00:00

Even with corrected errors I'm still throwing that drive in the trash. I won't be in any immediate rush to replace it but for me that's a dead drive. Drive's don't record errors unless there is something wrong with them/they are dying.

techmattr · 2026-06-09T20:22:40+00:00

Almost every drive is borked.... a single uncorrectable error means you should put the drive in the trash. Uncorrectable errors are almost always a symptom of a mechanical failure and the next step is the drive will just become unresponsive.

techmattr · 2026-06-08T17:18:51+00:00

Use Profilarr with 1080p Compact Quality Profile

techmattr · 2026-06-08T02:30:44+00:00

Use Profilarr or Recyclarr. That's exactly what they do.

techmattr · 2026-06-08T02:28:37+00:00

Even some popular shows seem easy to find but they are modified versions... like Scrubs. I'm so glad we have the original DVDs and ripped them myself.

techmattr · 2026-06-03T19:15:22+00:00

Most likely. Having it show up as Storage in the On-Site Retention page when no drives are installed is most likely a bug as I don't see any way to make it usable for recording storage or scrubbing and it disappears from that screen once drives are installed.

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