VirtualTam's bookmarks

1. IO devices and latency - The history, functionality, and performance of non-volatile storage devices

   2025-06-02
   hardware/cpu storage/cache storage/disk storage/solid-state-drive storage/tape throughput time/latency visualization/animation

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   • The Real Failure Rate of EBS
2. Duc: Dude, where are my bytes!

   2018-07-30
   linux storage storage/disk usage

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   • https://github.com/zevv/duc
3. ncdu - NCurses Disk Usage

   2018-05-15
   command-line file filesystem linux storage storage/disk

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4. The Floppotron: Toto - Africa

   2018-01-25
   embedded/arduino floppy hack hardware instrument/midi progressive rock scanner storage/disk

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   • http://silent.org.pl/home/2016/07/06/return-of-the-floppies/
5. Ext4 Wiki

   2018-01-18
   file filesystem/ext4 linux linux/kernel partition storage/disk

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   • https://ext4.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Ext4_Howto
   • https://ext4.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Ext4_Disk_Layout
   • http://www.nongnu.org/ext2-doc/
6. Windows - Locate & fix the MBR

   2018-01-05
   boot microsoft/windows partition storage

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   • https://superuser.com/questions/510485/how-to-tell-which-physical-disks-have-bootable-mbr
   • https://neosmart.net/wiki/fix-mbr/
   • https://neosmart.net/wiki/reboot-and-select-proper-boot-device/
   • https://askubuntu.com/questions/859685/how-to-delete-the-bootable-flag-of-a-partition
   • https://superuser.com/questions/596919/how-to-set-boot-disk-flag-with-diskpart
7. smartmontools

   2017-12-30
   drive observability smart storage storage/disk user-interface/gtk

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   • https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/S.M.A.R.T.
   • https://gsmartcontrol.sourceforge.io/home/index.php
8. RAID Reliability Calculator - WintelGuy.com

   2017-03-17
   linux raid storage storage/disk

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9. Ddrescue - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)

   2017-03-07
   drive gnu hard hardware storage/disk

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   via https://www.linux.com/learn/intro-to-linux/2017/3/gnu-ddrescue-best-damaged-drive-rescue

10. How to Fix a Physically Broken Hard Drive: 14 Steps

    2014-08-26
    drive hard hardware storage storage/disk

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11. Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2TB - Spin up issue

    2014-08-24
    drive hard hardware issue storage/disk

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    http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/288005-32-seagate-barracuda-st2000dm001-good-drives http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/293847-32-possible-failure-seagate-barracuda-sata-st2000dm001

    http://gsmartcontrol.sourceforge.net/home/ http://www.smartmontools.org/wiki/Download http://www.seagate.com/support/internal-hard-drives/desktop-hard-drives/barracuda/