SF Bay Furs

22 February 2026 20:15

I built a few of those for the Port of Oakland when I did the CCTV upgrade

SF Bay Furs

22 February 2026 20:14

I think the "surveillance " hdd are 4800. The 3.5" ones. Designed to be quieter and cooler and have longer life

SF Bay Furs

22 February 2026 20:13

5200 was the other I know of

SF Bay Furs

22 February 2026 20:13

I've never seen those speeds for SATA drives 🤔

SF Bay Furs

22 February 2026 20:11

It’s be more for media storage. Essentially a scrub drive for my proxy media files when I video edit.

SF Bay Furs

22 February 2026 20:10

Keep in mind laptop HDD are quite slow

SF Bay Furs

22 February 2026 20:09

just as 2.5" instead of 3.5"

SF Bay Furs

22 February 2026 20:09

most laptop drives are still SATA

SF Bay Furs

22 February 2026 19:40

i think there is, its just hard to mount it to the case right?

SF Bay Furs

22 February 2026 19:19

and that's how we lost the array 🎉

SF Bay Furs

22 February 2026 19:17

If one fails I'll just replace and let the raid rebuild and oh no it's slow for a while

SF Bay Furs

22 February 2026 19:16

lucky you I guess :P

SF Bay Furs

22 February 2026 19:16

I've had bad luck personally

SF Bay Furs

22 February 2026 19:16

Tbh the old clear plastic colorful iMacs are probably my favorite computers aesthetically ever

SF Bay Furs

22 February 2026 19:15

You might still be able to get the refurb ones

SF Bay Furs

22 February 2026 20:15

the purple / red drives :D

SF Bay Furs

22 February 2026 20:13

Ya they come in weird speeds

SF Bay Furs

22 February 2026 20:13

Designed for as low of power / heat as possible

SF Bay Furs

22 February 2026 20:13

The server ones ya. The laptop can be 4200 or 4800

SF Bay Furs

22 February 2026 20:10

if they're magnetic — they still have 7500RPM 2.5 drives

SF Bay Furs

22 February 2026 20:09

I.... actually have 3 in my trunk of my car right now 😆

SF Bay Furs

22 February 2026 20:09

Ya there are some brackets for that

SF Bay Furs

22 February 2026 19:43

I think there are laptop drive to standard case adapters?

SF Bay Furs

22 February 2026 19:38

I’m wondering if there's a way to salvage the HDD off of my old laptop and repurpose it for my desktop.

SF Bay Furs

22 February 2026 19:18

my old manager decided to change two drives during a RAID rebuild once

SF Bay Furs

22 February 2026 19:17

Ya it's for backup anyway

SF Bay Furs

22 February 2026 19:16

They're certified and warranty. So far no issues. I have some 8tb refurbs from like 6 years ago still working fine

SF Bay Furs

22 February 2026 19:16

I have a box full of 4tb used ones with like 10000 hours on them. Working and pass all smart long tests and badblock tests

SF Bay Furs

22 February 2026 19:15

typically.... nothing about used hardware is good except for the price

SF Bay Furs

22 February 2026 19:15

Glad I got a batch of 16tb refurb last year