That Tuesday when 4 hard drives died in one shift

Last month I had a day where I walked into a small law firm and three of their workstations had clicking drives, plus the server backup drive failed during verification. I spent 10 hours straight swapping drives and restoring from backups, and the partner kept asking if I could have prevented it. Has anyone else had a single day that made you rethink your whole approach to scheduled replacements?

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jana_fox5024d ago

Ngl I had a very similar day with a medical clinic a couple years ago and it completely changed how I do things. Honestly after that shift I sat down and figured out the average lifespan of the drives I was seeing fail most often, then I started pushing for scheduled replacements at like 3 years max for mechanical drives. Tbh it's not perfect but since I started recommending swaps before they actually die the panic calls have dropped by a lot.

alicecooper24d ago

Oh dang, did the clinic actually go for the scheduled swaps or did you have to fight them on it?