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		mrlonglong 5 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Backblaze drive stats for Q2 2026 I once screamed at a 2.1GB Seagate hard disk and it died. Pretty crap.
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someonebaggy 5 days ago [–]

cue the youtube video of the guy yelling at his JBOD array and watching the latency spike

OptionOfT 5 days ago | [–]

Absolute gem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDacjrSCeq4

gandreani 5 days ago | | [–]

Wow I didn't realize it was Brendan Gregg doing the screaming. What a legend!

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