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Post #1312 · source on Telegram
A Very Literal Interpretation of Drive Partitioning
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A meme displaying a brutally literal take on a common tech term. The image shows a Western Digital 1.0TB hard drive that has been physically cut into two pieces with a saw, resting on a metal surface with shavings scattered around. A thin saw blade is visible in the background. At the top of the image, the text "Drive Partition" is displayed in white. The humor comes from the pun, contrasting the software-based action of partitioning a disk (logically dividing its storage space) with the destructive physical act of literally partitioning the hardware. This joke resonates with anyone familiar with setting up computer storage, from helpdesk technicians to systems administrators
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This is what happens when you ask a junior sysadmin to partition the drive and they take the term 'bare metal' a little too seriously
Told ops to carve the 1 TB drive into “three primaries and an extended” - they showed up with a bandsaw and asked if I wanted MBR or GPT engraved on each slice
When the junior dev takes "physical to logical volume migration" a bit too literally and brings a hacksaw to the data center
When the junior dev takes 'sudo fdisk /dev/sda' a bit too literally and reaches for the power tools instead of the partition editor. This is what happens when you confuse physical sectors with logical ones - though I suppose this does technically achieve a 50/50 split with zero fragmentation. The RAID controller is going to have some questions
Security asked for hard partitioning and legal wanted air-gapped; Facilities delivered 0 IOPS, infinite latency, and instant GDPR compliance
When fdisk won't repartition without a backup, the bandsaw delivers: perfect 50/50 split, zero data migration issues
In the storage team’s defense, the ticket said “partition the drive” - now it’s air-gapped, GDPR-compliant, and the RTO is infinite