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Western Digital or Seagate
Dhruv:
--- Quote from: limefc on August 20, 2012, 05:22:32 PM ---
--- 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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Well it will be. I used it like this for almost 6 months until someone told me that HDD's shouldn't be used this much and gave a number(8hrs a day)
So I guess it should be fine.
limefc:
Of course. The safest thing for a HDD is to be spinning at constant RPM with read heads levitating over LZ. Which is mostly the case when it's idle and spun up.
Dhruv:
--- Quote from: limefc on August 20, 2012, 05:38:09 PM ---Of course. The safest thing for a HDD is to be spinning at constant RPM with read heads levitating over LZ. Which is mostly the case when it's idle and spun up.
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Okay so what is the verdict? Should I use it 24x7 or not?
* Dhruv ready to put his HDD for seeding
limefc:
Like I said, the best thing for a hard drive is to be constantly on and active with no parking or spin downs. How you use it is your own business.
Realistically it shouldn't make a difference either way unless the drive is defective. 2 power cycles per day is well within even conservative design limits. Shit like caviar greens can park/spin down like 100 times a day.
Dhruv:
--- Quote from: limefc on August 20, 2012, 05:54:20 PM ---Like I said, the best thing for a hard drive is to be constantly on and active with no parking or spin downs. How you use it is your own business.
Realistically it shouldn't make a difference either way unless the drive is defective. 2 power cycles per day is well within even conservative design limits. Shit like caviar greens can park/spin down like 100 times a day.
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Mine isn't defective I can say that much. It was just Mae before the time when seagate started releasing their shitty batches. The only problem I can see is the temperature but the room fan and AC should be able to control it to an extent.
I personally feel it was working better before I removed it from 24x7 seeding.
Caviar Green's are supposed to be shit anyways. :P
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