[digiKam-users] Long shot re Digikam impact on Drives

[Derek Keats]

Thanks everyone. It was a long shot.
I have 7 hard drives.
Three have failed, and only the ones that have photos on them. Two failed
after < 2 months.
The other 4 are used way more but are much older and never failed.
I was trying to figure out what the 3 had in common, so I thought it worth
asking just in case.
I managed to fix this one, the other 2 are permed.

Thanks
Derek

On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 5:09 PM, Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
> Problem not know. HDD time life depend of a lots of factor, as temperature
> for ex.
>
> Where is located the database files. At the same place ?
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
> 2018-03-20 16:01 GMT+01:00 Derek Keats <derek at dkeats.com>:
>
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> This is a long shot, but has anyone ever experienced Digikam having an
>> impact on HDD life? I am on my third 4Tb hard drive in 3 months (Ubuntu
>> 17.10, Gnome). The drive won't mount, and when I try to mount it, I get
>>
>> Error mounting system-managed device /dev/sdb: Command-line `mount
>> "/photos/ exited with non-zero status 32: mount:P/photos: can't read
>> superblock on /dev/sdb.
>> (udisks-error-quark, 0)
>>
>>
>> Is there any possibility at all that Digikam could cause this? The disk
>> only has photos, and I only use Digikam to manage them.
>>
>> I don';t want to replace it if there is any possibility that this could
>> be caused by Digikam. I know it is a long shot, but I have to ask.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Derek
>>
>> --
>> Dr Derek W. Keats, PhD
>> IT Strategy, Higher Education Strategy, Technology Innovation
>> Kenga Solutions Pty Ltd
>> 2 Hollywood Drive, Northcliff, Johannesburg
>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=2+Hollywood+Drive,+Northcliff,+Johannesburg&entry=gmail&source=g>
>> Email: derek at dkeats.com
>> Phone: +27 82 787 0169 <+27%2082%20787%200169> / +27 11 477 4954
>> <+27%2011%20477%204954>
>> Web: http://www.dkeats.com
>>
>
>


-- 
Dr Derek W. Keats, PhD
IT Strategy, Higher Education Strategy, Technology Innovation
Kenga Solutions Pty Ltd
2 Hollywood Drive, Northcliff, Johannesburg
Email: derek at dkeats.com
Phone: +27 82 787 0169 / +27 11 477 4954
Web: http://www.dkeats.com
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