I Built a RAID of Floppy Disks. Oh no.

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Thanks https://PCBWay.com/ - Hi there. Let me give you a PSA. Friends don't let friends build RAIDs out of floppy disks. I know it sounds funny. Like, "ha ha, let's build a RAID out of these 34 random USB floppy drives". But I'm telling you, it's a dark path.

But hey, don't take my word for it!

🍎 The Boing Boing thread: https://boingboing.net/2004/05/07/floppy-raid.html
🍎 Macworld article: https://www.macworld.com/article/165663/floppyraid.html
🍎 Here's that beefy USB hub I used, it's great: https://amzn.to/3A4zhv4

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