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Bye Bye Data: The 2026 Guide to Surviving Catastrophic Drive Failure

When a power outage wiped out 8 hard drives in a TrueNAS array but spared the SSDs, the self-hosted community learned hard lessons about data protection. This comprehensive 2026 guide explores what really happened, how to prevent it, and actionable recovery strategies for your Jellyfin server and beyond.

13 min read | Feb 12, 2026

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The $10K Hard Drive Lesson: Data Hoarding's Painful Reality

After buying 52 24TB hard drives during Black Friday sales, one data hoarder faced a devastating 15% failure rate out of the box. This $10,000 lesson reveals critical truths about enterprise storage, reliability testing, and scaling data infrastructure without losing everything.

11 min read | Jan 24, 2026