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1. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Sunday, 26-Apr-2026 16:47:51 EDT Clarissa Walker
   Okay, ordered an SK Hynix SC311 128GB 2.5" SATA SSD for the replacement board.
   
   This actually delays the migration by about a week. It may also need a firmware update - specifically, a may not occasionally boot scenario.
   
   I also had an idea: relocating the database to another drive... again. I did this last time and it was a success, but it was with 2x 80GB IDE drives as a dm-integrity RAID 1 test.
   
   The database is on the same drive setup as the rest of the webserver data... which is not the system drive.
   • Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Friday, 01-May-2026 15:32:06 EDT Clarissa Walker

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     The drive arrived today, and it's pretty abused. ~53% life left. This is fine to me, since this drive will not get a lot of writes from me, anyway.
     
     My current Silicon Power MLC SSD's life left is 32%. 😏
     
     Anyway, it also sorely needed a firmware update. This fixes the following:
     - issue where the solid-state drive (SSD) does not resume from low-power mode
     - issue where the system fails to boot when it is not turned on for a long period
     
     I also updated the firmware of a Toshiba MQ01ACF050 500GB 7200RPM drive due to the following:
     - Improved the shock handling capability of the hard drive in power-on state.
     
     This server will be offline May 2, 2026 for the system migration.