Antheus 4 Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Just my Idea: HDD's fail (Can be disabled in config) When you make a HDD, it will be assigned a random value -- how long until it fails (Must be greater than a predefined number in the config) When it starts to get close to the end of the HDD's life, it will start to make more and more noise. You can also check the health of it with some program(Comes with OpenOS) When it fails, if the user tries to access it, it will output Error Opening Componet or something along those lines. The higher tier HDD's will last longer that the lower tiers. Just my quick thought. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Techokami 2 Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Ew HDDs aren't cheap to make (especially at higher tiers, or if using a different recipe set) and making them expire is a pretty mean thing to do. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Antheus 4 Posted June 22, 2014 Author Share Posted June 22, 2014 Ew HDDs aren't cheap to make (especially at higher tiers, or if using a different recipe set) and making them expire is a pretty mean thing to do. It could use some recipe balancing Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wuerfel_21 6 Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Or a way to repair them, maybe in an anvil Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ahhhcrap 2 Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Some data recovery thing can do too. Also, make SSDs that are smaller (512k,1m,2m), but don't fail Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Izaya 19 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Some data recovery thing can do too. Also, make SSDs that are smaller (512k,1m,2m), but don't fail Nonononono, In my opionion, SSDs should be cheaper but more likley to fail. I have a computer running off a hard drive, and I've had said computer and drive since 2004. I had a school laptop with a SSD, and it failed within 6 months. Perhaps, HDDs could fail randomly, but it would be unlikley, but SSDs would fail after a certain amount of write cycles, so if you used them for archiving and/or running the read-only parts of a system off, it wouldn't kill the drive. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ahhhcrap 2 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Nonononono, In my opionion, SSDs should be cheaper but more likley to fail. I have a computer running off a hard drive, and I've had said computer and drive since 2004. I had a school laptop with a SSD, and it failed within 6 months. Perhaps, HDDs could fail randomly, but it would be unlikley, but SSDs would fail after a certain amount of write cycles, so if you used them for archiving and/or running the read-only parts of a system off, it wouldn't kill the drive. Yah. my 1999 computer still works (HDD). SSD wear out when defragged and all that kind of BS. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Saddamo 3 Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 got 2x500GB SSD Samsung 840 PRO in Alienware m17x R4, bought in 2012 still working, stop scaring me :-D !!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
