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stonjean633 said:
Can also try SSHD if he wants to be in the middle.

I would suggest check and compute the price/GB of ssd,hdd and sshd then decide from there what he can sacrifice and live with.
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I remember in 2012 when Steve Jobs walked on stage and announced the "Fusion Drive" I was in the market for an iMac and thought "Great!, Speed and capacity, I'm sold!" and promptly ordered my new 27" iMac with a 3TB Fusion Drive.

Was good at first, the SSD portion definitely gave a speed boost when booting up or using my daily apps, but then things took an unfortunate turn.

Turns out early systems with the fusion drive had some issues, issues which would later result in a recall, which unfortunately that recall came too late for me.

I first started noticing issues a couple of years into using the system, I would keep finding corrupt files that couldn't be opened or deleted. At first I just put this down to bad luck and thought little of it.. I had backups and nothing critical was lost.

Then more and more files were being corrupted including OS files and applications. So I investigated and found this was happening to others too and was thought to be a problem with the Fusion Drive. I couldn't afford any downtime, so couldn't fix the issue, so I bought a MacBook Pro and figured I'd restore from my Time Machine... except as I soon found out, Time Machine had helpfully been backing up these corrupt files ...for a long time, rendering the Time Machine backup almost worthless.

Ended up having to use data recovery software to find and recover all the files that weren't corrupted, then disassembled the iMac, replaced the HD with an SSD and kept the blade SSD that formed the Fusion Drive as a scratch disk. iMac went on to have a long and happy life, just finally being retired a few months ago.

Would never touch a Fusion Drive again... two different technologies, both with different failure rates/reasons handling critical data...


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HDDs is easy lose and damage files in storage mode?

If a 2.5" HDD inside a plastic USB enclosure case is positioned a few centimeters (3 or 5) from a 29" CRT tube TV turned off for several hours, will the coils and magnets of this TV cause some type of magnetic damage to the HDD's platters and will it demagnetize? I have not found any studies on this subject and risks.
 
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classicaran said:
HDDs is easy lose and damage files in storage mode?

If a 2.5" HDD inside a plastic USB enclosure case is positioned a few centimeters (3 or 5) from a 29" CRT tube TV turned off for several hours, will the coils and magnets of this TV cause some type of magnetic damage to the HDD's platters and will it demagnetize? I have not found any studies on this subject and risks.
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A CRT TV would likely not damage an HDD, they are shielded. The motor is ran by magnets too. The magnetic field from the TV is not that strong.

I would only suggest to avoid headache, do not go for the cheapest option possible. Get a reliable hard drive.

I wouldn’t go for anything less than Western Digital Blue.
 
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classicaran said:
HDDs is easy lose and damage files in storage mode?

If a 2.5" HDD inside a plastic USB enclosure case is positioned a few centimeters (3 or 5) from a 29" CRT tube TV turned off for several hours, will the coils and magnets of this TV cause some type of magnetic damage to the HDD's platters and will it demagnetize? I have not found any studies on this subject and risks.
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I'm not sure, but if you're concerned about it, why would you do it? I have a couple of WD portable USB hard drives and haven't had any issues with them.
 
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I read that 29" CRT TVs are highly magnetic, and this can damage the magnetism of 2.5" HDDs. I have two TVs in my room, and sometimes I move the HDDs and position them next to the TVs.

How do I choose a good HDD for archiving storage? Is only a 3.5" HDD necessary? I have four 2.5" HDDs inside an Orico USB case.
 
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stonjean633 said:
Trident likes K series in Netflix and K products. I can see some pattern here..hehe
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Very good memory and correlation.

Your correlational pattern is up to date and free of errors.

Yeah, I like K food as well (though not as much as Japanese) and other K stuff 🤪

I like anything good in general.

My Appliances are mostly European (Bosch, Krups, Tefal, etc). My TVs are both Sony (love them), the only Korean thing at home is actually this drive… not made in Korea though.
 
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classicaran said:
I read that 29" CRT TVs are highly magnetic, and this can damage the magnetism of 2.5" HDDs. I have two TVs in my room, and sometimes I move the HDDs and position them next to the TVs.

How do I choose a good HDD for archiving storage? Is only a 3.5" HDD necessary? I have four 2.5" HDDs inside an Orico USB case.
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During the old days, we used CRT PC monitors with the PC case holding HDD less than 5 cm far, and we did not get more than usual rate of HDD failure.
 
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What type of protection do 2.5" HDDs have to prevent external electromagnetism from damaging the magnetism of the platters? Is there any shielding or is it a myth?

How do I choose a good HDD for archiving storage? Is only a 3.5" HDD necessary? I have four 2.5" HDDs inside an Orico USB case.
 
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Trident said:
Very good memory and correlation.

Your correlational pattern is up to date and free of errors.

Yeah, I like K food as well (though not as much as Japanese) and other K stuff 🤪

I like anything good in general.

My Appliances are mostly European (Bosch, Krups, Tefal, etc). My TVs are both Sony (love them), the only Korean thing at home is actually this drive… not made in Korea though.
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SK got good food and advance tech.
 
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