Dan Purgert wrote: > On Jul 10, 2025, songbird wrote: >> hello all, some questions at last... it's been a while. :) >> >> I was able to get some SSD replacements and want to add them >> to my existing setup, but in previous years I recall that there >> was some recommendation to leave some part of the SSD unallocated >> and not formatted as part of a file system so any parts that >> failed as bad blocks or wore out could be allocated from these >> unused areas. > > The SSD has this onboard (and, IIRC, always has) -- for example, a 1T > drive may have 100G of extra blocks you cannot allocate.
ah! >> I do like having multiple backups on the different SSDs just >> in case one of them decides to fail on me. No signs of any >> troubles so far. > > Longterm (powered-off) backup is actually better on spinning rust; as > SSD are somewhat more susceptible to bit-rot when powered off. these will always be regularly powered on even if they are not mounted or used. the external drive i have is a normal spinning rust drive. songbird
