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Which Hdd for torrenting 24/7 (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by inthesum@alien.top [B] to c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum

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I plan to use with optiplex 3060 and need drive for long term seed which means continuous read though the read would be only for few kb

Earlier I had seagate external drive shucked but they died after using for 1 year 24*7

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[–] WikiBox@alien.top [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

Seeding will wear out any HDD quickly. Use a SSD instead.

Sequential access is where HDDs shine.

Random access is where SSDs shine.

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[–] inthesum@alien.top [S, B] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

Do would surveliance hdd perform better?

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[–] notarkav@alien.top [B] 1 point 2 years ago

No those would be worse, they are designed to sequentially write and almost never read.

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[–] WikiBox@alien.top [B] 1 point 2 years ago

Would be worse.

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