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  • qupada@kbin.socialtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•Enterprise SSD?
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    11 months ago

    To expand on @doeknius_gloek’s comment, those categories usually directly correlate to a range of DWPD (endurance) figures. I’m most familiar with buying servers from Dell, but other brands are pretty similar.

    Usually, the split is something like this:

    • Read-intensive (RI): 0.8 - 1.2 DWPD (commonly used for file servers and the likes, where data is relatively static)
    • Mixed-use (MU): 3 - 5 DWPD (normal for databases or cache servers, where data is changing relatively frequently)
    • Write-intensive (WI): ≥10 DPWD (for massive databases, heavily-used write cache devices like ZFS ZIL/SLOG devices, that sort of thing)

    (Consumer SSDs frequently have endurances only in the 0.1 - 0.3 DWPD range for comparison, and I’ve seen as low as 0.05)

    You’ll also find these tiers roughly line up with the SSDs that expose different capacities while having the same amount of flash inside; where a consumer drive would be 512GB, an enterprise RI would be 480GB, and a MU/WI only 400GB. Similarly 1TB/960GB/800GB, 2TB/1.92TB/1.6TB, etc.

    If you only get a TBW figure, just divide by the capacity and the length of the warranty. For instance a 1.92TB 1DWPD with 5y warranty might list 3.5PBW.

  • qupada@kbin.socialtoGeneral Discussion@lemmy.world•What are some neat things you carry around that come in handy?
    2·
    1 year ago

    Also - and I realise this might be contentious - but I’d suggest one that takes normal batteries. Mine takes 4× AAA.

    With Eneloops (or similar low-self-discharge rechargeables), can have a 2nd set that gets you back up and running in under 30 seconds, and if you get really stuck they’re sold in every corner store in the world (heck, throw a pack of Li-FeS2 batteries in the emergency kit, 20 year shelf life).

    No worrying about having the right charger cable (commonly a Micro USB, something I don’t tend to carry anymore), or remembering to charge the thing lest it go flat right in the middle of what you need to do.

  • qupada@kbin.socialtoNews@lemmy.world•Utilities have been lying to us about gas stoves since the 1970s
    113·
    1 year ago

    Induction elements “cycle” on and off – hundreds or thousands of times per second […] There is no human perceptible duty cycle

    See unfortunately what you’re describing here are good induction stoves, which is not the majority of what is on the market.

    I’ve seen far too many of the bad kind, with duty cycles measured in the tens of seconds. Your 7/10 on the dial could be - like a non-inverter microwave - something in the neighbourhood of 7 seconds on / 3 seconds off. At that point they can actually be worse to use than old halogen glass cooktops, which at least remain hot during the off part of their thermostat’s cycle.

    This is not even just cheap no-name crap either, have witnessed it with big-name-brand in-bench stovetops with four-figure pricetags.

    If you’re doing something like poaching eggs (which typically calls for a wide, flat pan), you’ll actually see the water starting and stopping boiling in a cycle as it switches. Absolutely terrible.

  • qupada@kbin.socialtoPiracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com•YouTube's anti-adblock rollout has finally arrived for Firefox users
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    1 year ago

    Not OP, but genuine answer: because I loathe being forced into their way of doing things. Every little thing on the Mac seems engineered with an “our way or the highway” mentality, that leaves no room for other (frequently, better) ways of achieving anything.

    Adding to that, window/task management is an absolute nightmare (things that have worked certain ways basically since System 6 on monochrome Mac Classic machines, and haven’t improved), and despite all claims to the contrary, its BSD-based underpinnings are just different enough to Linux’s GNU toolset to make supposed compatibility (or the purported “develop on Mac, deploy on Linux” workflow) a gross misadventure.

    I just find the experience frustrating, unpleasant, and always walk away from a Mac feeling irritated.

    (For context: > 20 year exclusively Linux user. While it’s definitely not always been a smooth ride, I seldom feel like I’m fighting against the computer to get it to do what I want, which is distinctly not my experience with Apple products)

  • qupada@kbin.socialtoEurope@feddit.de•German network operators requested national regulator to exclude Router Freedom from fiber networks
    8·
    1 year ago

    Frankly even if (4) was your only goal here, that feels like more than enough reason.

    Not sure how it goes where you are, but where I’m from (New Zealand), FTTH is widely available but the exact locations within houses where ONTs get installed often leaves a lot to be desired.

    If you don’t want your router in one corner of your house where it only provides WiFi signal to half your rooms, you either have to have an installer who’ll tolerate your request (due to the way they’re paid for installations if you suggest something that takes more time you’ll often meet some resistance), run cables of your own from the ONT to a better location for the router, or go with better access points.