So Many Levels

The five stages of grief, but make it hardware failure. Someone's hard drive went from "perfectly fine" to "abstract art installation" real quick.

What starts as a normal HDD standing upright gradually transforms into increasingly creative interpretations of what a hard drive could be. First it's standing, then lying flat, then someone thought "what if we bent it a little?" and finally achieved the ultimate form: a hard drive sandwich with extra platters.

The title "So Many Levels" is chef's kiss because it works on multiple levels itself (pun absolutely intended). Physical levels of the drive's position, levels of destruction, and levels of desperation when you realize your backup strategy was "I'll do it tomorrow." Fun fact: those shiny platters inside spin at 7200 RPM, which is roughly the same speed your heart rate reaches when you hear that clicking sound.

RAID stands for Redundant Array of Independent Disks, but after seeing this, it clearly stands for "Really Avoid Inadequate Disaster-planning."