This is all assuming it’s a spinning disk and not an SSD, so ignore me if that’s the case:

Given SAS drives are usually used in data centre storage array applications and 3TB disks have been kinda small for that use case for a fair while, there’s a fairly high chance it was in heavy use for a good number of years. I’d bet it’s probably well on its way to being a paperweight regardless of your connectivity situation.

If you do get it hooked up, don’t store anything on it you wouldn’t be okay losing.

I still don’t know why this architecture went for a Double XOR as the NOP, I guess they were just flexing that the reference chip design could do both in a single cycle

Yet

Now now, AJ may not know everything, but he’ll learn

Equating Linux enthusiasts to offal is a bold move on this site

This guy watches Acton Retro, doesn’t he

Yeah it can have wildly different meanings depending on the circumstances in which it’s said. It can be “well we can’t change it, may as well get on with life” all the way to “well this discussion is not gonna change anything, let’s get on with fixing it”. Very similar, but polar opposite sentiments.

Run a pihole or similar

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