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Western Digital or Seagate
limefc:
If it's an external, they are often WD Greens, have power management built in or other similar bullshit so trying to maximize their life is something the disk itself actively works against. Not to mention because they are in a small enclosure, the temperature is less controllable.
Anyway, if you were to keep it on 24/7 and it doesn't have power management active that parks heads/turns it off when idle, then it can potentially last a lot longer.
So far out of my 24/7 drives, only one out of 7 has broken in less than 2 years. Was a defective Seagate drive with "click of death".
I have one that is only 2 years old but it's working, two at age of 3 years and working, 2 at age of 6 years and working and 1 at age of 8 years - broke down shortly after I took it off 24/7 operation. Was using it as a boot drive for some old computers. And for the age numbers, it's how long they were in 24/7 operation. The 6 year drives are at this point either 9 or 10 years old.
Dhruv:
Mine is Seagate 2TB... FreeAgent GoFlex Desk To be specific... Can you tell me if it has than power management system?
And WTF... 6 and 8 year old drives? :o
limefc:
http://knowledge.seagate.com/articles/en_US/FAQ/214107en
Yes. It does have self contained power management. Says it can be controlled by the OS on MacOS but I don't know about Windows.
And yes.6 and 8 year old drives. They'd be older if I didn't have to replace them on grounds of insufficient capacity/outdated interface.
Dhruv:
--- Quote from: limefc on August 20, 2012, 05:01:59 PM ---http://knowledge.seagate.com/articles/en_US/FAQ/214107en
Yes. It does have self contained power management. Says it can be controlled by the OS on MacOS but I don't know about Windows.
And yes.6 and 8 year old drives. They'd be older if I didn't have to replace them on grounds of insufficient capacity/outdated interface.
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Okay so what do you say about putting it on usage for 24x7? It won't be out of usage anytime I guess.
And yes drive capacities are insufficient atleast for us anime watchers... Downloading 1080p FLAC wherever possible doesn't help that. :P
limefc:
--- Quote ---Okay so what do you say about putting it on usage for 24x7?
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A pointless endeavour if it isn't being used.
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